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Indian Head Nickel (F. & S. II.385) - Signed Print by Andy Warhol 1986 - MyArtBroker

Indian Head Nickel (F. & S. II.385)
Signed Print

Andy Warhol

£50,000-£80,000Value Indicator

$100,000-$160,000 Value Indicator

$90,000-$140,000 Value Indicator

¥460,000-¥730,000 Value Indicator

60,000-100,000 Value Indicator

$490,000-$780,000 Value Indicator

¥9,530,000-¥15,250,000 Value Indicator

$60,000-$100,000 Value Indicator

37% AAGR

AAGR (5 years) This estimate blends recent public auction records with our own private sale data and network demand.

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Medium: Screenprint

Edition size: 250

Year: 1986

Size: H 91cm x W 91cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

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The value of Andy Warhol’s Indian Head Nickel (F. & S. II.385) (signed) is estimated to be worth between £50,000 and £80,000. This screenprint, created in 1986, has shown consistent value growth, with an average annual growth rate of 32%. This work has an impressive auction history, having been sold 14 times since its initial sale on 29th June 2005. Over the past 12 months, the average selling price was £53,481, across a total of 2 sales. In the last five years, the hammer price has ranged from £37,262 in October 2022 to £61,346 in April 2022. The average annual growth rate of this work is 32%. 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
October 2024Christie's New York United States
March 2024ART+OBJECT New Zealand
October 2023Christie's New York United States
December 2022Sotheby's New York United States
November 2022Bonhams New York United States
October 2022Christie's New York United States
October 2022Sotheby's New York United States

Meaning & Analysis

As the coin does not represent any specific individual but rather a stereotypical image of a traditional Native American figure, Warhol deliberately plays into popular interpretations of the American West to create an ironic political commentary. In using the method of screen printing to create the series, essentially mass-producing the imagery to be widely distributed, Warhol reflects the way in which this image on the five cent coin would too have been widely distributed, thus shaping public perception on Native American culture.

In contrast to other prints in the series, this image is rendered in grey and silver hues, more realistically replicating the five cent coin, and Warhol uses white hand-drawn lines to contour the image. Indian Head Nickel (F. & S. II. 383) is also set in opposition to prints in the series that show portraits of famous actors from Western movies and well-known ‘heroic’ American figures like Teddy Roosevelt and Annie Oakley. By exposing the paradox between fame and anonymity in the popular narrative of the American West, Warhol seeks to unpack the concept of the classic American icon in mass culture.

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