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Franz Kafka (F. & S. II.226) - Signed Print by Andy Warhol 1980 - MyArtBroker

Franz Kafka (F. & S. II.226)
Signed Print

Andy Warhol

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113 x 91cm, Edition of 200, Screenprint

Medium: Screenprint

Edition size: 200

Year: 1980

Size: H 113cm x W 91cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

Last Auction: January 2025

Value Trend:

9% AAGR

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Auction Results

Auction Date
Auction House
Location
Return to Seller
Hammer Price
Buyer Paid
January 2025
SBI Art Auction
Japan
$19,000
$22,000
$25,000
December 2024
Forum Auctions London
United Kingdom
April 2024
Sotheby's New York
United States
January 2022
Phillips London
United Kingdom
May 2021
Skinner, Marlborough
United States
October 2020
Sotheby's New York
United States
December 2017
Ketterer Kunst Hamburg
Germany
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The value of Andy Warhol’s Franz Kafka (F. & S. II.226) (signed) is estimated to be worth between £17,000 and £26,000. Over the past 12 months, two screenprints have been sold, with an average selling price of £19,733. In the last five years, the hammer price has varied from £13,808 in October 2020 to £28,000 in January 2022. This artwork has shown consistent value growth, with an average annual growth rate of 9%. This work is from a limited edition of 200. Since its first sale in September 2004, this piece has been sold 12 times at auction.

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Meaning & Analysis

Franz Kafka is depicted in Warhol’s characteristic late graphic style as he merges elements of realism with abstraction. Taking a well-known photograph of Kafka, Warhol uses blue hues to flood the sitters face and blue geometric shapes layered on the surface. Set against a stark black backdrop, hand-drawn, crayon-like lines are used to accentuate Kafka’s features, providing the portrait with a graphic quality. Franz Kafka is typical of Warhol’s exploration into the tensions between photographic representation and abstraction through the screen print method.

Displaying a subtlety and sophistication in Warhol’s technical advancement of the screen print method, the abstraction of Kafka’s original photograph charges the portrait with new meaning. Warhol’s use of vivid, flattened colours that allude to the notion of abstraction transport the sitter into from the past into present, working to create a 1980s Pop Art icon.

  • Andy Warhol was a leading figure of the Pop Art movement and is often considered the father of Pop Art. Born in 1928, Warhol allowed cultural references of the 20th century to drive his work. From the depiction of glamorous public figures, such as Marilyn Monroe, to the everyday Campbell’s Soup Can, the artist challenged what was considered art by blurring the boundaries between high art and mass consumerism. Warhol's preferred screen printing technique further reiterated his obsession with mass culture, enabling art to be seen as somewhat of a commodity through the reproduced images in multiple colour ways.

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