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Mao (F. & S. II.93) - Signed Print by Andy Warhol 1972 - MyArtBroker

Mao (F. & S. II.93)
Signed Print

Andy Warhol

£30,000-£45,000Value Indicator

$60,000-$90,000 Value Indicator

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¥5,740,000-¥8,610,000 Value Indicator

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Medium: Screenprint

Edition size: 250

Year: 1972

Size: H 91cm x W 91cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

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The value of Andy Warhol’s Mao (F. & S. II.93) is estimated to be worth between £30,000 and £45,000. This signed screenprint, created in 1972, has shown consistent value growth over the past five years. The hammer price in the last 12 months has been £35,000, with an average annual growth rate of 3%. This work has an auction history of 28 total sales since its entry to the market in April 1998. 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
September 2024Phillips London United Kingdom
March 2023Sotheby's Online United Kingdom
October 2022Galerie Gloggner Luzern Switzerland
January 2022Ressler Kunst Auktionen Austria
September 2020Bonhams Los Angeles United States
October 2019Freeman's United States
April 2019Christie's New York United States

Meaning & Analysis

The pervasiveness of Mao’s image captured Warhol’s attention, likening the original image to his own screen prints of celebrity icons: ‘I have been reading so much about China. They’re so nutty. They don’t believe in creativity. The only picture they ever have is of Mao Zedong. It’s great. It looks like a silkscreen.’

Warhol heavily manipulates the colour of the original image, giving Mao a bright green face, pink lips and pink tunic, set against a blue backdrop. Gestural brushstrokes and lines can be seen on the print, mimicking the bold painting style championed by the Abstract Expressionist movement that was synonymous with the capitalist American ideals of individual expression. Reproducing this image over and over through the screen printing method, Warhol points to the suppression of individual expression in Mao’s communist China and directly compares this to the dissipation of mass-media images in 1970s America.

  • 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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