Portraits of the Artists
Medium: Screenprint on one hundred polystyrene boxes in ten colors
Year: 1967
Overall size: 20×20 inches (50.8 x 50.8 cm)
Edition: 200
Other: 25 lettered A-Y
Printer: Fine Creations, Inc., New-York
Publisher: Tanglewood Press, Inc., New-York
Literature: Feldman & Schellmann II.17
A small initial and number are incised on a box printed with Warhol’s portrait
The configuration of the box may vary
One hundred polystyrene boxes in ten colors, each 2×2 inches (5.1 x 5.1 cm), each screenprinted with a portrait of one of the ten artists in the portfolio Ten from Leo Castelli, to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the Leo Castelli Gallery, New-York
Ten prints and graphic objects by as many artists comprise the startling portfolio-in-a-box entitled Ten from Leo Castelli. Ten from Leo Castelli testifies eloquently to the avant-garde’s intense involvement with printmaking today. The renaissance in printmaking was accelerated in the mid-1960’s by a conceptual reorientation of aesthetics. Its visual manifestations, in relationship to printmaking of the past, sometimes seemed startling, and its implication and possibilities were extraordinary.
Graphic from the cover of the original pamphlet that accompanied Ten from Leo Castelli. Design © Elaine Lustig Cohen
The present Ten from Leo Castelli, more than any other edition yet published, personifies “the new look in prints.” Never before has the artist had so many opportunities for the realization of graphic images. The once sacred boundaries between painting, drawing, sculpture, and prints have been assaulted. Three-dimensional forms, often in part hand-painted or hand-stenciled, are completely acceptable as graphic objects. No longer must an artist suffer artificial restrictions imposed by arbitrary classifications of individual media.
—William S. Lieberman, in his introduction to Ten from Leo Castelli
Auction Results
Showplace New-York: 23 October 2025
Estimated: USD 15,000 – 25,000
USD 16,000 (Hammer)
USD 20,000
ANDY WARHOL (American, 1928-1987)
“Portraits of the Artists”, 1967
Screenprint in Ten Colors on 100 Styrene Boxes
Signed and numbered edition 29 of 200 to blue Andy Warhol box
Published by Tanglewood Press, Inc., New York
Christie’s New-York: 25 October 2024
Estimated: USD 20,000 – 30,000
USD 20,160
ANDY WARHOL (1928-1987)
Portraits of the Artists, from Ten from Leo Castelli, 1967
Screenprint on 100 polystyrene boxes in ten colors
With the artist’s incised initials on the lower right light blue box with Warhol’s portrait
Numbered 109⁄200 (there were also 25 examples lettered A-Y)
Sotheby’s New-York: 16 July 2024
Estimated: USD 15,000 – 20,000
USD 10,200
ANDY WARHOL (1928 – 1987)
Portraits of the Artists, from Ten from Leo Castelli (Feldman & Schellmann II.17), 1968
Screenprint on one hundred polystyrene boxes in ten colors
Incised with the artist’s initials and numbered 164/200 (on the side)
Christie’s New-York: 14 March 2024
Estimated: USD 20,000 – 30,000
USD 17,640
ANDY WARHOL (1928-1987)
Portraits of the Artists, from Ten from Leo Castelli, 1967
Screenprint on 100 polystyrene boxes in ten colors
With the artist’s incised initials on the lower right light blue box with Warhol’s portrait
Numbered 81⁄200 (there were also 25 examples lettered A-Y)
Phillips New-York: 26 October 2023
Estimated: USD 20,000 – 30,000
USD 25,400
ANDY WARHOL
Portraits of the Artists, from Ten from Leo Castelli (F. & S. 17), 1967
One hundred screenprints in black on acrylic boxes in 10 colors
Encased in a custom acrylic box and stand
Incised with initials and numbered 157/200 on the reverse of the blue box with Warhol’s portrait
LA Modern: 18 October 2023
Estimated: USD 20,000 – 30,000
USD 32,760
ANDY WARHOL (1928–1987)
Portraits of the Artists, 1967
100 polystyrene boxes screenprinted in ten colors
Signed and numbered to lower right block ‘AW 137/200’
Christie’s New-York: 22 April 2022
Estimated: USD 20,000 – 30,000
USD 35,280
ANDY WARHOL (1928-1987)
Portraits of the Artists, from Ten from Leo Castelli, 1967
Screenprints on 100 polystyrene boxes in ten colors
With incised initials in the lower light blue box with Warhol’s portrait, numbered 10⁄200
LA Modern: 22 February 2022
Estimated: USD 30,000 – 40,000
USD 32,500
ANDY WARHOL (1928–1987)
Portraits of Artists, 1967
Screenprint on one hundred boxes in ten colors
Incised signature and number to verso ‘Andy Warhol 195/200’
Sotheby’s New-York: 13 October 2021
Estimated: USD 25,000 – 35,000
USD 25,200
ANDY WARHOL (1928 – 1987)
Portraits of the Artists (F. & S. II.17), 1967
Screenprint on one hundred polystyrene boxes in ten colors
Incised with the initials and numbered 150/200 (total edition includes 25 artist’s proofs)