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Vesuvius (F. & S. II.365) - Signed Print by Andy Warhol 1985 - MyArtBroker

Vesuvius (F. & S. II.365)
Signed Print

Andy Warhol

£35,000-£50,000Value Indicator

$70,000-$100,000 Value Indicator

$60,000-$90,000 Value Indicator

¥320,000-¥460,000 Value Indicator

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¥6,700,000-¥9,570,000 Value Indicator

$45,000-$60,000 Value Indicator

4% AAGR

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Medium: Screenprint

Edition size: 250

Year: 1985

Size: H 60cm x W 79cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

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The value of Andy Warhol's Vesuvius (F. & S. II.365) is estimated to be worth between £35,000 and £50,000. This signed screenprint, created in 1985, has shown consistent value growth, with an average annual growth rate of 4%. This work has an auction history of 26 total sales since its entry to the market in July 1998. In the past 12 months, the hammer price has ranged from £28,182 in April 2023 to £60,000 in July 2024. The average return to the seller over the last five years is £32,712. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 250.

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Auction Results

Auction DateAuction HouseLocation
Hammer Price
Return to Seller
Buyer Paid
December 2024Bonhams New Bond Street United Kingdom
October 2024SBI Art Auction Japan
July 2024Forum Auctions London United Kingdom
April 2024Wright United States
April 2024Christie's New York United States
April 2024Blindarte Naples Italy
April 2023Phillips New York United States

Meaning & Analysis

Produced towards the end of his career, Vesuvius (F. & S. II.365) is characteristic of Warhol’s later prints that extend beyond the established screen printing method and mark a return to hand painting. Warhol applies expressionist brushwork over a flat, screen printed base, using different colours for each print to unfailingly give the impression that the image has just been painted.

Using colour fields of bright red, contrasted against black and multicoloured lines to show the eruption, Warhol creates a powerful image that combines his two most renowned themes: the legacy of art history and the enduring presence of death. Reconsidering the grave display of death in his powerful images of electric chairs, car crashes, and suicides in the early 1960s, Vesuvius (F. & S. II. 365) embodies this sense of impending doom and destruction in a more vivacious and dramatic style. By using an image from the past to create a revitalised Pop Art icon of the present, this print can also be seen in the context of Warhol’s appropriations of art historical subjects like his Mona Lisa (1963) works and Details Of Renaissance Paintings series (1984).

  • 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.