Warhol’s portrait of Goethe stands as a vibrant testament to the Pop Art maestro’s enduring fascination with icons and fame. During the 1980s, Warhol gradually shifted his focus away from depicting the celebrities of his contemporary society, redirecting his attention to historical figures.
Introduction
In his seminal work, Zur Farbenlehre, or Theory of Colors (1810), the luminary polymath Johann Wolfgang von Goethe embarked on a groundbreaking exploration of color. Unlike Isaac Newton, Goethe’s enquiry of colors extended beyond the physics of light, instead delving into the nuanced qualities of how colours are subjectively perceived. He explored various colors’ intrinsic associations, such as red with danger, blue with calm, and yellow with joy. This departure from strict scientific analysis laid the foundation for a holistic understanding of color, marking a paradigm shift that was embraced by philosophers and artists alike. Fast forward to the twentieth century, and corporations actively put this social understanding of color to use, artfully selecting specific hues in advertising and mass media to entice the general public to their product. Andy Warhol, with his deeply adept sense of color, combined these facets of color theory in his Pop Art portraiture, drawing on the commercial imagery of his day. In Goethe, Warhol pays homage to the historic figure and his seminal analysis of color, presenting him in bright orange, blue and yellow, with a highlight of buggle-gum pink, transforming him into a twentieth-century Pop Art icon.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, color wheel with associated symbolic qualities, 1809
Warhol’s portrait of Goethe stands as a vibrant testament to the Pop Art maestro’s enduring fascination with icons and fame. During the 1980s, Warhol gradually shifted his focus away from depicting the celebrities of his contemporary society, redirecting his attention to historical figures. Warhol’s portrayal of Geothe utilizes Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein’s Neoclassical painting, Goethe in the Roman Campagna (1787), housed in the Städel Museum in Goethe’s hometown of Frankfurt. Departing from Tischbein’s composition, which presents Goethe reclining in an Italian landscape, Warhol opts for a closely-cropped image. With graphic outlines and poster-like color fields, he presents Goethe’s face haloed by a large hat against a flat background. Echoing twentieth-century advertising motifs, Warhol masterfully transforms his historic subject into a contemporary icon, perpetuating the allure of celebrity that defines his artistic legacy.
In his own time, Goethe’s fame eclipsed that of any other author in Europe. His epistolary novel The Sorrows of Young Werther (‘Die Leiden des jungen Werther’, 1774), relating the protagonist’s platonic infatuation with an otherwise engaged woman, and ending with the young man taking his own life, became a runaway success, was quickly translated into all major European languages and became one of the defining works of the Romantic movement and a key text of its era. The story attracted a near-fanatical following and an intense identification with the protagonist amongst many readers, and prompted several imitation suicides. Goethe’s Faust (Part 1), his tragic play about a scholar selling his soul to the devil, first published in 1806, remains one of the most influential works of Western literature, providing to this day an infinite source of debate, interpretation and inspiration in literature, theatre, film and music. Composers such as Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Mahler and others wrote music to many of Goethe’s works, and his plays continue to be put on stage, thus unsuring the afterlife of his literary oeuvre.
His fame, then, was and is of a depth, intensity and longevity that few of the film and pop stars of Warhol’s era could or will ever match. Perhaps a comparison Warhol himself would never have dared to do, Goethe’s creative versatility eclipsed that of Warhol, who as an amateur all-rounder, experimented in various areas of the arts and of public life, including photography, film-making, book-publishing, music promotion, and even having his own television show. Goethe is thus a level against which Warhol’s, and the artist himself, could be measured – and found wanting. At the time the set of screen-prints of Goethe was published, Warhol had been creating images of the idols of popular culture for almost two decades. However, from the late 1970s onwards, he began to look at ‘celebrities’ from previous times. The first series of prints devoted to famous personalities of the past was Jews of the Twentieth Century, published in 1980, which included, amongst others, portraits of Albert Einstein, Sarah Bernhard, Franz Kafka, Gertrud Stein and Sigmud Freud. From the recent past, Warhol then turned to historical figures and works of art, which had become cultural symbols in their own right, including Goethe, Alexander the Great (1982), Beethoven (1987), Botticelli’s Birth of Venus (1984) or Edvard Munch’s Scream (1984).
Goethe, 1982
Goethe
Portfolio of four screenprints on Lenox Museum Board
Medium: Screenprint in colors on Lenox Museum Board
Year: 1982
Sheet: 38×38 inches (96.5 x 96.5 cm)
Edition: 100
Artist’s Proofs: 20 AP
Printer’s Proofs: 5 PP
Exhibitor’s Proofs: 2 EP
Hors Commerce: 6 HC
Trial Proofs: 15 individual TP not in portfolios
Printer: Rupert Jasen Smith, New-York
Publisher: Editions Schellmann & Klüser, Munich and New York, and Denise René/Hans Mayer, Düsseldorf
Literature: Feldman & Schellmann II.270-273
Signed and numbered in pencil on verso by the Executor of the Estate of Andy Warhol on a stamped Certificate of Authenticity
Goethe #1 (F&S II.270)
Goethe #2 (F&S II.271)
Goethe #3 (F&S II.272)
Goethe #4 (F&S II.273)
Auction Market Overview
WORK IN PROGRESS
2025 Auction Highlights
3 prints from Goethe sold at auction so far in 2025 for a total turnover of USD 296,818 at an average price of USD 98,939.
Goethe (TP), 1982
Ketterer Kunst: 7 June 2025
Estimated: EUR 50,000
EUR 133,350 / USD 150,685
TRIAL PROOF
ANDY WARHOL
Goethe (Cf. Feldman, Schellmann, Defendi, no. IIB. 270-273), 1982
Silkscreen in colors on Lenox Museum cardboard
Signed, numbered and inscribed “TP”
Unique object
Limited edition of 15 proofs, all of which vary in color combination and details
2024 Auction Highlights
10 prints from Goethe sold at auction in 2024 for a total turnover of USD 909,039 at an average price of USD 90,904. Goethe (F&S II.272) sold at Dorotheum on 4 December 2024 for EUR 130,000 (USD 136,630), its highest price for 2024.
Goethe (F&S II.272), 1982
Dorotheum: 4 December 2024
Estimated: EUR 40,000 – 60,000
EUR 130,000 / USD 136,630
ANDY WARHOL (Pittsburgh 1928–1987 New York)
Goethe (Feldman/Schellmann/Defendi II.272), 1982
Screenprint in colors on Lenox Museum Board
Signed Andy Warhol, number 53 from the edition of 100 numbered examples
2023 Auction Highlights
15 single prints sold at auction in 2023 for a total turnover of USD 1,311,732, at an average price of USD 87,449. Goethe (F&S 271) with its bright and vibrant colors is the most expensive print of the set, it sold for the highest price paid for a Goethe print in 2023 at Ketterer in Munich on 9 June 2023 for EUR 139,700 (USD 146,685).
Goethe (F&S II.271), 1982
Ketterer Kunst Munich: 9 June 2023
Estimated: EUR 60,000 – 63,000
EUR 139,700 / USD 146,685
ANDY WARHOL
Goethe (F/S II.271), 1982
Silkscreen in colors on Lenox Museum cardboard
Signed and numbered from the edition of 100
Furthermore, two complete sets sold at auction in 2023 at an average price of USD 579,550.
Goethe, 1982
Christie’s London: 16 March 2023
Estimated: GBP 300,000 – 500,000
GBP 604,800 / USD 732,380
COMPLETE SET
ANDY WARHOL (1928-1987)
Goethe, 1982
The complete set of four screen-prints in colors on Lennox Museum Board
Each signed in pencil, numbered 20/100 (there were also 22 artist proofs)
Goethe, 1982
Ketterer Kunst Munich: 8 December 2023
Estimated: EUR 300,000 – 315,000
EUR 406,400 / USD 426,720
COMPLETE SET
ANDY WARHOL
Goethe, 1982
The complete set of silkscreens in colors on Lenox Museum cardboard
Each signed and numbered 28/100
2023 Auction Highlights
6 prints sold at auction in 2022 for a total turnover of USD 760,374, at an average price of USD 126,729. Goethe (F&S 271) sold for the highest price paid for a Goethe print in 2022 at Ketterer in Munich on 9 December 2022 for EUR 168,750 (USD 177,185).
Goethe (F&S II.271), 1982
Ketterer Kunst Munich: 9 December 2022
Estimated: EUR 50,000 – 52,500
EUR 168,750 / USD 177,185
ANDY WARHOL
Goethe (F/S II.271), 1982
Silkscreen in colors on Lenox Museum cardboard
Signed and numbered from the edition of 100
Furthermore, 3 complete sets sold at auction in 2022 at an average price of USD 562,210.
Goethe, 1982
Ketterer Kunst Munich: 10 June 2022
Estimated: EUR 180,000 – 189,000
EUR 745,000 / USD 782,250
COMPLETE SET
ANDY WARHOL
Goethe, 1982
The complete set of silkscreens in colors on Lenox Museum cardboard
Each signed and numbered from the edition of 100
Goethe, 1982
Ketterer Kunst Munich: 9 December 2022
Estimated: EUR 300,000 – 315,000
EUR 475,000 / USD 498,750
COMPLETE SET
ANDY WARHOL
Goethe, 1982
The complete set of silkscreens in colors on Lenox Museum cardboard
Each signed, numbered and inscribed ‘PP 5/5’
Goethe, 1982
Bukowskis Stockholm: 8 December 2022
Estimated: SEK 2,500,000 – 3,000,000
SEK 2,000,000 (Hammer)
SEK 2,500,000 / USD 241,180
COMPLETE SET
“Goethe” (Feldman & Schellmann II.270-273), 1982
2026 Auction Results
Goethe (F&S II.273), 1982
Christie’s New-York: 15 April 2026
Estimated: USD 50,000 – 70,000
USD 76,200
ANDY WARHOL (1928-1987)
Goethe: one print, 1982
(Feldman & Schellmann II.273)
Screenprint in colors on Lenox Museum Board
Signed in pencil, numbered 98⁄100 (there were also 22 artist’s proofs)
Co-published by Editions Schellmann & Klüser, Munich and New York
and Denise René/Hans Mayer, Düsseldorf
With the artist’s copyright inkstamp and the publisher’s inkstamp on the reverse
Goethe (F&S II.271), 1982
Christie’s New-York: 15 April 2026
Estimated: USD 50,000 – 70,000
USD 50,800
ANDY WARHOL (1928-1987)
Goethe: one print, 1982
(Feldman & Schellmann II.271)
Screenprint in colors on Lenox Museum Board
Signed in pencil, numbered 98⁄100 (there were also 22 artist’s proofs)
Co-published by Editions Schellmann & Klüser, Munich and New York
and Denise René/Hans Mayer, Düsseldorf
With the artist’s copyright inkstamp and the publisher’s inkstamp on the reverse
Goethe (F&S II.270), 1982
Christie’s New-York: 15 April 2026
Estimated: USD 50,000 – 70,000
USD 53,340
ANDY WARHOL (1928-1987)
Goethe: one print, 1982
(Feldman & Schellmann II.270)
Screenprint in colors on Lenox Museum Board
Signed in pencil, numbered 98⁄100 (there were also 22 artist’s proofs)
Co-published by Editions Schellmann & Klüser, Munich and New York
and Denise René/Hans Mayer, Düsseldorf
With the artist’s copyright inkstamp and the publisher’s inkstamp on the reverse
2025 Auction Results
Goethe (TP), 1982
Ketterer Kunst: 7 June 2025
Estimated: EUR 50,000
EUR 133,350 / USD 150,685
TRIAL PROOF
ANDY WARHOL
Goethe (Cf. Feldman, Schellmann, Defendi, no. IIB. 270-273), 1982
Silkscreen in colors on Lenox Museum cardboard
Signed, numbered and inscribed “TP”
Unique object
Limited edition of 15 proofs, all of which vary in color combination and details
USD 100,000
Goethe (F&S II.272), 1982
Dorotheum Vienna: 3 December 2025
Estimated: EUR 50,000 – 70,000
EUR 78,000 / USD 90,435
ANDY WARHOL (Pittsburgh 1928–1987 New York)
“Goethe” (Feldman/Schellmann/Defendi II.272), 1982
Screenprint in colors on Lenox Museum Board
Signed Andy Warhol
No. 85 from the edition of 100 numbered examples
Co-published by Edition Schellmann & Klüser/Munich and Denise René & Hans Mayer/Düsseldorf
With the edition stamp on the reverse
Goethe (F&S II.273), 1982
Estimated: USD 50,000 – 60,000
USD 65,000 (Hammer)
USD 80,600
Goethe #4 (Feldmann/Schellmann, no. II. 273.), 1982
Color screenprint on Lenox Museum Board
Signed and numbered 81/100 to the lower left corner
Printer’s stamp to the lower right corner
Publisher’s stamp to verso
Goethe (F&S II.270), 1982
Sotheby’s online: 26 March 2025
Estimated: GBP 40,000 – 60,000
GBP 50,800 / USD 65,532
ANDY WARHOL (1928 – 1987)
Goethe (Feldman & Schellmann II.270), 1982
Screenprint in colours on Lenox Museum Board
Signed in pencil and numbered 6/100
Goethe (F&S II.273), 1982
Dorotheum Vienna: 3 December 2025
Estimated: EUR 10,000 – 15,000
EUR 33,800 / USD 39,190
UNSIGNED PROOF
ANDY WARHOL (Pittsburgh 1928–1987 New York)
“Goethe” (Feldman/Schellmann/Defendi II.273), 1982
Screenprint in colors on Lenox Museum Board
Unsigned
No. 67 from the edition of 100 numbered examples
Co-published by Edition Schellmann & Klüser/Munich and Denise René & Hans Mayer/Düsseldorf
With the edition stamp on the reverse
2024 Auction Results
10 prints from Goethe sold at auction in 2024 for a total turnover of USD 909,039 at an average price of USD 90,904. Goethe (F&S II.272) sold at Dorotheum on 4 December 2024 for EUR 130,000 (USD 136,630), its highest price for 2024.
#1. Goethe (F&S II.272), 1982
Dorotheum: 4 December 2024
Estimated: EUR 40,000 – 60,000
EUR 130,000 / USD 136,630
ANDY WARHOL (Pittsburgh 1928–1987 New York)
Goethe (Feldman/Schellmann/Defendi II.272), 1982
Screenprint in colors on Lenox Museum Board
Signed Andy Warhol, number 53 from the edition of 100 numbered examples
#2. Goethe (F&S II.273), 1982
Ketterer Kunst Munich: 7 June 2024
Estimated: EUR 60,000 – 80,000
EUR 110,490 / USD 120,434
ANDY WARHOL
Goethe (F&S II.273), 1982
Silkscreen in colors on Lenox museum cardboard
Signed and numbered, from an edition of 100 copies
Sheet 4 from the portfolio comprising a total of 4 color silkscreens
#3. Goethe (F&S II.272), 1982
Forum Auctions: 12 December 2024
Estimated: GBP 40,000 – 60,000
Hammer: GBP 65,000
GBP 84,740 / USD 108,020
ANDY WARHOL (1928-1987)
Göethe (Feldman & Schellmann II.272), 1982
Screenprint in colors on Lenox Museum Board
Signed and numbered 90/100 in pencil
With the printer’s blindstamp, with the artist’s copyright inkstamp and the publisher’s inkstamp verso
USD 100,000
#4. Goethe (F&S II.271), 1982
Grisebach Berlin: 31 May 2024
Estimated: EUR 50,000 – 70,000
EUR 88,900 / USD 96,545
ANDY WARHOL (Pittsburgh 1928 – 1987 New York)
Goethe (F&S II.271), 1982
Color silkscreen on Lenox-museum cardboard
One of 22 numbered artist’s proofs from a total edition of 150
Signed
#5. Goethe (F&S II.273), 1982
Koller Zurich: 20 June 2024
Estimated: CHF 60,000 – 90,000
CHF 75,000 / USD 83,625
ANDY WARHOL (Pittsburgh 1928–1987 New York)
Goethe (F&S II.273),1982
Color screenprint on Lenox Museum Board
55/100. Signed in pencil lower left: Andy Warhol
On the reverse with the red Copyright stamp: Andy Warhol 1982
From the same titled 4-part series
#6. Goethe (TP 14/15), 1982
Phillips London: 6 June 2024
Estimated: GBP 40,000 – 60,000
GBP 63,500 / USD 80,963
TRIAL PROOF
ANDY WARHOL
Goethe (see F. & S. 270-273), 1982
Unique screenprint in colors on Lenox Museum Board
Signed and numbered ‘TP 14/15’ in pencil
A unique color variant trial proof, the edition was 100
#7. Goethe (F&S II.273), 1982
Van Ham Cologne: 6 June 2024
Estimated: EUR 60,000 – 80,000
EUR 72,600 / USD 78,990
ANDY WARHOL (1928 Pittsburgh, PA/USA – 1987 New York)
Goethe, (Feldman/Schellmann II.273), 1982
Color serigraph on Lenox museum cardboard
Signed and numbered
Copy: 94/100
#8. Goethe (F&S II.272), 1982
Uppsala Auktions: 15 May 2024
Estimated: SEK 600,000 – 800,000
SEK 600,000 (Hammer)
SEK 750,000 / USD 70,093
ANDY WARHOL (USA 1928‑1987)
”Goethe” (Feldman & Schellman II.272), 1982.
Screenprint on Lenox Museum Board
Signed and numbered Andy Warhol 90/100
#9. Goethe (TP 10/15), 1982
Phillips New-York: 22 October 2024
Estimated: USD 40,000 – 60,000
USD 69,850
TRIAL PROOF
ANDY WARHOL
Goethe (see F. & S. 270-273), 1982
Unique screenprint in colors on Lenox Museum Board
Sheet: 38 1/8 x 38 1/8 inches (96.8 x 96.8 cm)
Signed and numbered ‘TP 10/15’ in pencil
A unique color variant trial proof, the edition was 100 and 22 artist’s proofs
#10. Goethe (F&S II.271), 1982
Sotheby’s online: 25 September 2024
Estimated: GBP 40,000 – 60,000
GBP 48,000 / USD 63,888
ANDY WARHOL (1928 – 1987)
Goethe (Feldman & Schellmann II.271), 1982
Screenprint in colors on Lenox Museum Board
Sheet: 38×38 inches (96.5 x 96.5 cm)
Signed in pencil and numbered 59/100
This impression is number 59 from the edition of 100 plus 22 artist’s proofs
2023 Auction Results
15 single prints sold at auction in 2023 for a total turnover of USD 1,311,732, at an average price of USD 87,449.
Goethe (F&S 271) with its bright and vibrant colors is the most expensive print of the set, it sold for the highest price paid for a Goethe print in 2023 at Ketterer in Munich on 9 June 2023 for EUR 139,700 (USD 146,685).
Furthermore, two complete sets sold at auction in 2023 at an average price of USD 579,550.
#1. Goethe, 1982
Christie’s London: 16 March 2023
Estimated: GBP 300,000 – 500,000
GBP 604,800 / USD 732,380
COMPLETE SET
ANDY WARHOL (1928-1987)
Goethe, 1982
The complete set of four screen-prints in colors on Lennox Museum Board
Each signed in pencil, numbered 20/100 (there were also 22 artist proofs)
#2. Goethe, 1982
Ketterer Kunst Munich: 8 December 2023
Estimated: EUR 300,000 – 315,000
EUR 406,400 / USD 426,720
COMPLETE SET
ANDY WARHOL
Goethe, 1982
The complete set of silkscreens in colors on Lenox Museum cardboard
Each signed and numbered 28/100
#1. Goethe (F&S II.271), 1982
Ketterer Kunst Munich: 9 June 2023
Estimated: EUR 60,000 – 63,000
EUR 139,700 / USD 146,685
ANDY WARHOL
Goethe (F/S II.271), 1982
Silkscreen in colors on Lenox Museum cardboard
Signed and numbered from the edition of 100
#2. Goethe (F&S II.271), 1982
Van Ham Cologne: 6 June 2023
Estimated: EUR 90,000 – 15,000
EUR 112,200 / USD 119,925
ANDY WARHOL (1928 Pittsburgh, PA/USA – 1987 New York)
Goethe (Feldman/Schellmann II.271), 1982
Color serigraph on Lenox museum cardboard
Signed and numbered
Copy: 35/100
#3. Goethe (F&S II.271), 1982
Ketterer Kunst Munich: 8 December 2023
Estimated: EUR 50,000 – 52,500
EUR 107,950 / USD 113,347
ANDY WARHOL
Goethe (F/S II.271), 1982
Silkscreen in colors on Lenox Museum cardboard
Signed and numbered from the edition of 100
#4. Goethe (F&S II.271), 1982
Karl & Faber: 30 June 2023
Estimated: EUR 100,000 – 150,000
EUR 101,600 / USD 110,929
Screen-print in colors on Lenox Museum Board
Signed in pencil lower left
An artist’s proof, from an edition of 22 aside from the edition of 100
#5. Goethe (F&S II.272), 1982
Estimated: EUR 60,000 – 63,000
EUR 101,600 / USD 106,680
Goethe (F/S II.272), 1982
Silkscreen in colors on Lenox Museum cardboard
Signed and numbered from the edition of 100
#6. Goethe (F&S II.270), 1982
Estimated: CHF 50,000 – 70,000
CHF 92,771 / USD 103,780
Goethe (F/S II.270), 1982
Serigraphy
Signed and numbered 44/100
USD 100,000
#7. Goethe (F&S II.270), 1982
Karl & Faber: 30 June 2023
Estimated: EUR 100,000 – 150,000
EUR 76,200 / USD 83,196
Screen-print in colors on Lenox Museum Board
Signed in pencil lower left
An artist’s proof, from an edition of 22 aside from the edition of 100
#8. Goethe (F&S II.272), 1982
Estimated: SEK 600,000 – 800,000
SEK 660,000 (Hammer)
“Goethe” (Feldman & Schellmann II. 272), 1982
Screenprint in colors
Signed and numbered 4/100 in pencil
#9. Goethe (F&S II.272), 1982
Estimated: EUR 75,000 – 120,000
EUR 69,850 / USD 76,263
Screen-print in colors on Lenox Museum Board
Signed in pencil lower left
An artist’s proof, from an edition of 22 aside from the edition of 100
#10. Goethe (F&S II.273), 1982
Karl & Faber: 30 June 2023
Estimated: EUR 75,000 – 120,000
EUR 69,850 / USD 76,263
Screen-print in colors on Lenox Museum Board
Signed in pencil lower left
An artist’s proof, from an edition of 22 aside from the edition of 100
#11. Goethe (F&S II.271), 1982
Sotheby’s Cologne: 29 June 2023
Estimated: EUR 50,000 – 70,000
EUR 63,500 / USD 69,096
ANDY WARHOL (1928 – 1987)
Goethe (Feldman & Schellmann II.271), 1982
Screen-print in colors on Lenox Museum Board
Signed in pencil, inscribed and numbered PP 3/5
One of five printer’s proofs aside from the numbered edition of 100
#12. Goethe (F&S II.270), 1982
Lempertz: 1 December 2023
Estimated: EUR 50,000 – 70,000
EUR 63,000 / USD 68,618
ANDY WARHOL
Goethe (F&S II.270), 1982
Color screenprint on Lenox Museum Board
Signed and numbered 55/100
#13. Goethe (F&S II.272), 1982
Bonhams LA: 3 October 2023
Estimated: USD 40,000 – 60,000
USD 64,000
Screen-print in colors on Lenox Museum Board
Signed in pencil and annotated ‘AP 9/22’
An artist’s proof, aside from the edition of 100
#14. Goethe (F&S II.270), 1982
LA Modern: 7 September 2023
Estimated: USD 50,000 – 70,000
USD 58,050
ANDY WARHOL 1928–1987
Goethe (F/S II.270), 1982
Screen-print in colors on Lenox Museum Board
Signed and numbered to lower left ‘99/100 Andy Warhol’ with blindstamp
#15. Goethe (F&S II.271), 1982
Christie’s online: 16 March 2023
Estimated: GBP 40,000 – 60,000
GBP 44,100 / USD 53,402
ANDY WARHOL (1928-1987)
Goethe (Schellmann & Feldman II.271), 1982
Screen-print in colors on Lennox Museum Board
Signed in pencil, numbered 75/100
2022 Auction Results
6 prints sold at auction in 2022 for a total turnover of USD 760,374, at an average price of USD 126,729.
Goethe (F&S 271) sold for the highest price paid for a Goethe print in 2022 at Ketterer in Munich on 9 December 2022 for EUR 168,750 (USD 177,185).
Furthermore, 3 complete sets sold at auction in 2022 at an average price of USD 562,210.
#1. Goethe, 1982
Ketterer Kunst Munich: 10 June 2022
Estimated: EUR 180,000 – 189,000
EUR 745,000 / USD 782,250
COMPLETE SET
ANDY WARHOL
Goethe, 1982
The complete set of silkscreens in colors on Lenox Museum cardboard
Each signed and numbered from the edition of 100
#2. Goethe, 1982
Ketterer Kunst Munich: 9 December 2022
Estimated: EUR 300,000 – 315,000
EUR 475,000 / USD 498,750
COMPLETE SET
ANDY WARHOL
Goethe, 1982
The complete set of silkscreens in colors on Lenox Museum cardboard
Each signed, numbered and inscribed ‘PP 5/5’
#3. Goethe, 1982
Bukowskis Stockholm: 8 December 2022
Estimated: SEK 2,500,000 – 3,000,000
SEK 2,000,000 (Hammer)
SEK 2,500,000 / USD 241,180
COMPLETE SET
“Goethe” (Feldman & Schellmann II.270-273), 1982
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#1. Goethe (F&S II.271), 1982
Ketterer Kunst Munich: 9 December 2022
Estimated: EUR 50,000 – 52,500
EUR 168,750 / USD 177,185
ANDY WARHOL
Goethe (F/S II.271), 1982
Silkscreen in colors on Lenox Museum cardboard
Signed and numbered from the edition of 100
#2. Goethe (F&S II.272), 1982
Estimated: EUR 70,000 – 90,000
EUR 152,400 / USD 164,590
Goethe (F/S II.272), 1982
Silkscreen in colors on Lenox Museum Board
Signed lower left and numbered from the edition of 100
#3. Goethe (F&S II.270), 1982
Ketterer Kunst Munich: 9 December 2022
Estimated: EUR 40,000 – 42,500
EUR 125,000 / USD 131,250
ANDY WARHOL
Goethe (F/S II.270), 1982
Silkscreen in colors on Lenox Museum cardboard
Signed and numbered from the edition of 100
#4. Goethe (F&S II.270), 1982
Christie’s London: 28 September 2022
Estimated: GBP 30,000 – 50,000
GBP 107,100 / USD 115,921
ANDY WARHOL (1928-1987)
Goethe (F&S II.270), 1982
Screenprint in colors
Signed in pencil, numbered 69/100
USD 100,000
#5. Goethe (F&S II.270), 1982
Bukowskis: 26 April 2022
Estimated: SEK 400,000 – 500,000
SEK 680,000 (Hammer)
SEK 850,000 / USD 90,175
ANDY WARHOL (United States, 1928-1987)
“Goethe” (Feldman & Schellmann II. 271), 1982
Screenprint in colors
Signed and numbered 90/100 in pencil
#6. Goethe (F&S II.270), 1982
Hindman: 12 May 2022
Estimated: USD 40,000 – 60,000
USD 81,250
ANDY WARHOL (1928-1987)
Goethe, 1982
Screenprint in colors
Signed and numbered AP 3/22 in pencil
2021 Auction Results
#1. Goethe (F&S II.271), 1982
Ketterer Kunst Munich: 10 December 2021
Estimated: EUR 40,000 – 60,000
EUR 187,500 / USD 212,130
AUCTION RECORD FOR GOETHE (F&S II.271)
ANDY WARHOL (United States, 1928-1987)
Goethe (Feldmann/Schellmann/Defendi II.271), 1982
Sheet 2 from the portfolio of a total of 4 color silkscreens
Silkscreen in colors on Lenox Museum Board
Signed and numbered from an edition of 100 copies
Printed by Rupert Jasen Smith, New York (with the blindstamp)
Published by Editionen Schellmann & Klüser, Munich/New York
In cooperation with Denise René/Hans Mayer, Düsseldorf
With the copyright stamp on the reverse
Goethe (F&S II.270)
Auction Summary
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Christie’s New-York: 15 April 2026
Estimated: USD 50,000 – 70,000
USD 53,340
ANDY WARHOL (1928-1987)
Goethe: one print, 1982
(Feldman & Schellmann II.270)
Screenprint in colors on Lenox Museum Board
Signed in pencil, numbered 98⁄100 (there were also 22 artist’s proofs)
Co-published by Editions Schellmann & Klüser, Munich and New York
and Denise René/Hans Mayer, Düsseldorf
With the artist’s copyright inkstamp and the publisher’s inkstamp on the reverse
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Sotheby’s online: 26 March 2025
Estimated: GBP 40,000 – 60,000
GBP 50,800 / USD 65,530
ANDY WARHOL (1928 – 1987)
Goethe (Feldman & Schellmann II.270), 1982
Screenprint in colours on Lenox Museum Board
Signed in pencil and numbered 6/100
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Lempertz: 1 December 2023
Estimated: EUR 50,000 – 70,000
EUR 63,000 / USD 68,620
ANDY WARHOL
Goethe (F&S II.270), 1982
Color screenprint on Lenox Museum Board
Signed and numbered 55/100
LA Modern: 7 September 2023
Estimated: USD 50,000 – 70,000
USD 58,050
ANDY WARHOL 1928–1987
Goethe (F/S II.270), 1982
Screen-print in colors on Lenox Museum Board
Signed and numbered to lower left ‘99/100 Andy Warhol’ with blindstamp
Karl & Faber: 30 June 2023
Estimated: EUR 100,000 – 150,000
EUR 76,200 / USD 83,195
Screen-print in colors on Lenox Museum Board
Signed in pencil lower left
An artist’s proof, from an edition of 22 aside from the edition of 100
Estimated: CHF 50,000 – 70,000
CHF 92,771 / USD 103,780
Goethe (F/S II.270), 1982
Serigraphy
Signed and numbered 44/100
Ketterer Kunst Munich: 9 December 2022
Estimated: EUR 40,000 – 42,500
EUR 125,000 / USD 131,250
AUCTION RECORD FOR GOETHE (F&S II.270)
ANDY WARHOL
Goethe (F/S II.270), 1982
Silkscreen in colors on Lenox Museum cardboard
Signed and numbered from the edition of 100
Christie’s London: 28 September 2022
Estimated: GBP 30,000 – 50,000
GBP 107,100 / USD 115,920
ANDY WARHOL (1928-1987)
Goethe (F&S II.270), 1982
Screenprint in colors
Signed in pencil, numbered 69/100
Hindman: 12 May 2022
Estimated: USD 40,000 – 60,000
USD 81,250
ANDY WARHOL (1928-1987)
Goethe, 1982
Screenprint in colors
Signed and numbered AP 3/22 in pencil
Goethe (F&S II.271)
Auction Summary
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Christie’s New-York: 15 April 2026
Estimated: USD 50,000 – 70,000
USD 50,800
ANDY WARHOL (1928-1987)
Goethe: one print, 1982
(Feldman & Schellmann II.271)
Screenprint in colors on Lenox Museum Board
Signed in pencil, numbered 98⁄100 (there were also 22 artist’s proofs)
Co-published by Editions Schellmann & Klüser, Munich and New York
and Denise René/Hans Mayer, Düsseldorf
With the artist’s copyright inkstamp and the publisher’s inkstamp on the reverse
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Sotheby’s online: 25 September 2024
Estimated: GBP 40,000 – 60,000
GBP 48,000 / USD 63,890
ANDY WARHOL (1928 – 1987)
Goethe (Feldman & Schellmann II.271), 1982
Screenprint in colors on Lenox Museum Board
Sheet: 38×38 inches (96.5 x 96.5 cm)
Signed in pencil and numbered 59/100
This impression is number 59 from the edition of 100 plus 22 artist’s proofs
Grisebach Berlin: 31 May 2024
Estimated: EUR 50,000 – 70,000
EUR 88,900 / USD 96,545
ANDY WARHOL (Pittsburgh 1928 – 1987 New York)
Goethe (F&S II.271), 1982
Color silkscreen on Lenox-museum cardboard
One of 22 numbered artist’s proofs from a total edition of 150
Signed
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Ketterer Kunst Munich: 8 December 2023
Estimated: EUR 50,000 – 52,500
EUR 107,950 / USD 113,345
ANDY WARHOL
Goethe (F/S II.271), 1982
Silkscreen in colors on Lenox Museum cardboard
Signed and numbered from the edition of 100
Karl & Faber: 30 June 2023
Estimated: EUR 100,000 – 150,000
EUR 101,600 / USD 110,930
Screen-print in colors on Lenox Museum Board
Signed in pencil lower left
An artist’s proof, from an edition of 22 aside from the edition of 100
Sotheby’s Cologne: 29 June 2023
Estimated: EUR 50,000 – 70,000
EUR 63,500 / USD 69,095
ANDY WARHOL (1928 – 1987)
Goethe (Feldman & Schellmann II.271), 1982
Screen-print in colors on Lenox Museum Board
Signed in pencil, inscribed and numbered PP 3/5
One of five printer’s proofs aside from the numbered edition of 100
Ketterer Kunst Munich: 9 June 2023
Estimated: EUR 60,000 – 63,000
EUR 139,700 / USD 146,685
ANDY WARHOL
Goethe (F/S II.271), 1982
Silkscreen in colors on Lenox Museum cardboard
Signed and numbered from the edition of 100
Van Ham Cologne: 6 June 2023
Estimated: EUR 90,000 – 15,000
EUR 112,200 / USD 119,925
ANDY WARHOL (1928 Pittsburgh, PA/USA – 1987 New York)
Goethe (Feldman/Schellmann II.271), 1982
Color serigraph on Lenox museum cardboard
Signed and numbered
Copy: 35/100
Christie’s online: 16 March 2023
Estimated: GBP 40,000 – 60,000
GBP 44,100 / USD 53,400
ANDY WARHOL (1928-1987)
Goethe (Schellmann & Feldman II.271), 1982
Screen-print in colors on Lennox Museum Board
Signed in pencil, numbered 75/100
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Ketterer Kunst Munich: 9 December 2022
Estimated: EUR 50,000 – 52,500
EUR 168,750 / USD 177,185
ANDY WARHOL
Goethe (F/S II.271), 1982
Silkscreen in colors on Lenox Museum cardboard
Signed and numbered from the edition of 100
Bukowskis: 26 April 2022
Estimated: SEK 400,000 – 500,000
SEK 680,000 (Hammer)
SEK 850,000 / USD 90,175
ANDY WARHOL (United States, 1928-1987)
“Goethe” (Feldman & Schellmann II. 271), 1982
Screenprint in colors
Signed and numbered 90/100 in pencil
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Ketterer Kunst Munich: 10 December 2021
Estimated: EUR 40,000 – 60,000
EUR 187,500 / USD 212,130
AUCTION RECORD FOR GOETHE (F&S II.271)
ANDY WARHOL (United States, 1928-1987)
Goethe (Feldmann/Schellmann/Defendi II.271), 1982
Sheet 2 from the portfolio of a total of 4 color silkscreens
Silkscreen in colors on Lenox Museum Board
Signed and numbered from an edition of 100 copies
Printed by Rupert Jasen Smith, New York (with the blindstamp)
Published by Editionen Schellmann & Klüser, Munich/New York
In cooperation with Denise René/Hans Mayer, Düsseldorf
With the copyright stamp on the reverse
Goethe (F&S II.272)
Dorotheum Vienna: 3 December 2025
Estimated: EUR 50,000 – 70,000
EUR 78,000 / USD 90,435
ANDY WARHOL (Pittsburgh 1928–1987 New York)
“Goethe” (Feldman/Schellmann/Defendi II.272), 1982
Screenprint in colors on Lenox Museum Board
Signed Andy Warhol
No. 85 from the edition of 100 numbered examples
Co-published by Edition Schellmann & Klüser/Munich and Denise René & Hans Mayer/Düsseldorf
With the edition stamp on the reverse
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Forum Auctions: 12 December 2024
Estimated: GBP 40,000 – 60,000
Hammer: GBP 65,000
GBP 84,740 / USD 108,020
ANDY WARHOL (1928-1987)
Göethe (Feldman & Schellmann II.272), 1982
Screenprint in colors on Lenox Museum Board
Signed and numbered 90/100 in pencil
With the printer’s blindstamp, with the artist’s copyright inkstamp and the publisher’s inkstamp verso
Dorotheum: 4 December 2024
Estimated: EUR 40,000 – 60,000
EUR 130,000 / USD 136,630
ANDY WARHOL (Pittsburgh 1928–1987 New York)
Goethe (Feldman/Schellmann/Defendi II.272), 1982
Screenprint in colors on Lenox Museum Board
Signed Andy Warhol, number 53 from the edition of 100 numbered examples
Uppsala Auktions: 15 May 2024
Estimated: SEK 600,000 – 800,000
SEK 600,000 (Hammer)
SEK 750,000 / USD 70,093
ANDY WARHOL (USA 1928‑1987)
”Goethe” (Feldman & Schellman II.272), 1982.
Screenprint on Lenox Museum Board
Signed and numbered Andy Warhol 90/100
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Bonhams LA: 3 October 2023
Estimated: USD 40,000 – 60,000
USD 64,000
Screen-print in colors on Lenox Museum Board
Signed in pencil and annotated ‘AP 9/22’
An artist’s proof, aside from the edition of 100
Estimated: EUR 75,000 – 120,000
EUR 69,850 / USD 76,263
Screen-print in colors on Lenox Museum Board
Signed in pencil lower left
An artist’s proof, from an edition of 22 aside from the edition of 100
Estimated: EUR 60,000 – 63,000
EUR 101,600 / USD 106,680
Goethe (F/S II.272), 1982
Silkscreen in colors on Lenox Museum cardboard
Signed and numbered from the edition of 100
Estimated: SEK 600,000 – 800,000
SEK 660,000 (Hammer)
“Goethe” (Feldman & Schellmann II. 272), 1982
Screenprint in colors
Signed and numbered 4/100 in pencil
Estimated: EUR 70,000 – 90,000
EUR 152,400 / USD 164,590
Goethe (F/S II.272), 1982
Silkscreen in colors on Lenox Museum Board
Signed lower left and numbered from the edition of 100
Goethe (F&S II.273)
Christie’s New-York: 15 April 2026
Estimated: USD 50,000 – 70,000
USD 76,200
ANDY WARHOL (1928-1987)
Goethe: one print, 1982
(Feldman & Schellmann II.273)
Screenprint in colors on Lenox Museum Board
Signed in pencil, numbered 98⁄100 (there were also 22 artist’s proofs)
Co-published by Editions Schellmann & Klüser, Munich and New York
and Denise René/Hans Mayer, Düsseldorf
With the artist’s copyright inkstamp and the publisher’s inkstamp on the reverse
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Dorotheum Vienna: 3 December 2025
Estimated: EUR 10,000 – 15,000
EUR 33,800 / USD 39,190
UNSIGNED PROOF
ANDY WARHOL (Pittsburgh 1928–1987 New York)
“Goethe” (Feldman/Schellmann/Defendi II.273), 1982
Screenprint in colors on Lenox Museum Board
Unsigned
No. 67 from the edition of 100 numbered examples
Co-published by Edition Schellmann & Klüser/Munich and Denise René & Hans Mayer/Düsseldorf
With the edition stamp on the reverse
Estimated: USD 50,000 – 60,000
USD 65,000 (Hammer)
USD 80,600
Goethe #4 (Feldmann/Schellmann, no. II. 273.), 1982
Color screenprint on Lenox Museum Board
Signed and numbered 81/100 to the lower left corner
Printer’s stamp to the lower right corner
Publisher’s stamp to verso
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Koller Zurich: 20 June 2024
Estimated: CHF 60,000 – 90,000
CHF 75,000 / USD 83,625
ANDY WARHOL (Pittsburgh 1928–1987 New York)
Goethe (F&S II.273),1982
Color screenprint on Lenox Museum Board
55/100. Signed in pencil lower left: Andy Warhol
On the reverse with the red Copyright stamp: Andy Warhol 1982
From the same titled 4-part series
Ketterer Kunst Munich: 7 June 2024
Estimated: EUR 60,000 – 80,000
EUR 110,490 / USD 120,434
ANDY WARHOL
Goethe (F&S II.273), 1982
Silkscreen in colors on Lenox museum cardboard
Signed and numbered, from an edition of 100 copies
Sheet 4 from the portfolio comprising a total of 4 color silkscreens
Van Ham Cologne: 6 June 2024
Estimated: EUR 60,000 – 80,000
EUR 72,600 / USD 78,990
ANDY WARHOL (1928 Pittsburgh, PA/USA – 1987 New York)
Goethe, (Feldman/Schellmann II.273), 1982
Color serigraph on Lenox museum cardboard
Signed and numbered
Copy: 94/100
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Karl & Faber: 30 June 2023
Estimated: EUR 75,000 – 120,000
EUR 69,850 / USD 76,263
Screen-print in colors on Lenox Museum Board
Signed in pencil lower left
An artist’s proof, from an edition of 22 aside from the edition of 100
Trial Proofs
Ketterer Kunst: 7 June 2025
Estimated: EUR 50,000
EUR 133,350 / USD 150,685
AUCTION RECORD FOR A GOETHE PRINT
ANDY WARHOL
Goethe (Cf. Feldman, Schellmann, Defendi, no. IIB. 270-273), 1982
Silkscreen in colors on Lenox Museum cardboard
Signed, numbered and inscribed “TP”
Unique object
Limited edition of 15 proofs, all of which vary in color combination and details
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Phillips New-York: 22 October 2024
Estimated: USD 40,000 – 60,000
USD 69,850
ANDY WARHOL
Goethe (see F. & S. 270-273), 1982
Unique screenprint in colors on Lenox Museum Board
Sheet: 38 1/8 x 38 1/8 inches (96.8 x 96.8 cm)
Signed and numbered ‘TP 10/15’ in pencil
A unique color variant trial proof, the edition was 100 and 22 artist’s proofs
Phillips London: 6 June 2024
Estimated: GBP 40,000 – 60,000
GBP 63,500 / USD 80,963
ANDY WARHOL
Goethe (see F. & S. 270-273), 1982
Unique screenprint in colors on Lenox Museum Board
Signed and numbered ‘TP 14/15’ in pencil
A unique color variant trial proof, the edition was 100
Complete Sets
Ketterer Kunst Munich: 8 December 2023
Estimated: EUR 300,000 – 315,000
EUR 406,400 / USD 426,720
COMPLETE SET
ANDY WARHOL
Goethe, 1982
The complete set of silkscreens in colors on Lenox Museum cardboard
Each signed and numbered 28/100
Christie’s London: 16 March 2023
Estimated: GBP 300,000 – 500,000
GBP 604,800 / USD 732,380
COMPLETE SET
ANDY WARHOL (1928-1987)
Goethe, 1982
The complete set of four screen-prints in colors on Lennox Museum Board
Each signed in pencil, numbered 20/100 (there were also 22 artist proofs)
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Ketterer Kunst Munich: 9 December 2022
Estimated: EUR 300,000 – 315,000
EUR 475,000 / USD 498,750
COMPLETE SET
ANDY WARHOL
Goethe, 1982
The complete set of silkscreens in colors on Lenox Museum cardboard
Each signed, numbered and inscribed ‘PP 5/5’
Bukowskis Stockholm: 8 December 2022
Estimated: SEK 2,500,000 – 3,000,000
SEK 2,000,000 (Hammer)
SEK 2,500,000 / USD 241,180
COMPLETE SET
“Goethe” (Feldman & Schellmann II.270-273), 1982
Ketterer Kunst Munich: 10 June 2022
Estimated: EUR 180,000 – 189,000
EUR 745,000 / USD 782,250
COMPLETE SET
ANDY WARHOL
Goethe, 1982
The complete set of silkscreens in colors on Lenox Museum cardboard
Each signed and numbered from the edition of 100
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Sotheby’s New-York: 26 October 2019
Estimated: USD 80,000 – 120,000
USD 231,250
COMPLETE SET
ANDY WARHOL (1928-1987)
GOETHE (F. & S. II.270-273), 1982
The complete set of four screen-prints in colors
Each signed in pencil and numbered 16/100