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Fellatio Unsigned Print

Fellatio

Andy Warhol

Fellatio
Unsigned Print

Name: Fellatio
Brand: Andy Warhol
Rating: 5 (234 reviews)

Andy Warhol

£6,000-£9,000Value Indicator

$12,000-$18,000 Value Indicator

$10,500-$16,000 Value Indicator

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€7,000-€11,000 Value Indicator

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¥1,150,000-¥1,720,000 Value Indicator

$7,500-$11,500 Value Indicator

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Medium: Screenprint

Edition size: 30

Year: 1978

Size: H 80cm x W 60cm

Signed: No

Format: Unsigned Print

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The value of Andy Warhol's Fellatio (unsigned) is estimated to be worth between £6,000 and £9,000. This screenprint, created in 1978, has shown consistent value growth, with an average annual growth rate of 4%. This is a rare artwork with an auction history of five total sales since its entry to the market in February 2002. The hammer price over the past five years has ranged from £6,909 in September 2021 to £6,909 in September 2021. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 30.

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Auction Results

Auction Date	Auction House	Location
March 2023	Sotheby's Online	United Kingdom
October 2019	Sotheby's New York	United States
October 2019	Phillips New York	United States
April 2004	Christie's New York	United States
February 2002	Christie's New York	United States

Meaning & Analysis

Fellatio is a silk screen print produced by the iconic Pop Artist Andy Warhol in 1978. The print, which comes in an edition size of 30, shows a man giving someone a blow job. Due to the angle of the image, only one of the men’s faces is visible and his eyes are covered by his hair. The way this image is captured preserves the men’s anonymity which has ironic undertones given the intimate act Warhol is depicting which he goes on to showcase to thousands of people all over the world.

The print can be seen alongside Warhol’s collection of screen prints, Sex Parts, which the artist produced in 1978. In this collection, Warhol produces graphic images in black and white of the male genitalia in a sketch-like style.

Warhol was known for producing controversial pieces of art and Fellatio is one of Warhol’s more explicit pieces that captures the artist's desire to explore taboo subjects in his artworks. In 1964, Warhol directed and produced a silent film called Blow Job in which he filmed DeVeren Bookwalter receiving a blow job. Shown at 24 frames per second, Warhol demanded that it be projected at 16 frames per second which slowed the film down by a third and drew attention to the sexual act being caught on camera. The short film differs from this print as it only captures Bookwalter’s facial expression and does not show the second person involved in the act.

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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