Grevy’s Zebra
from Endangered Species

Medium: Screenprint in colors on Lenox Museum Board
Year: 1983
Sheet: 38×38 inches (96.5 x 96.5 cm)
Edition: 150
Artist’s Proofs: 30 AP
Printer’s Proofs: 5 PP
Exhibitor’s Proofs: 5 EP
Hors Commerce: 3 HC
Bon a Tirer: 1 BAT
Other: 10 numbered in Roman numerals intended for wildlife organizations
Trial Proofs: 30 TP with unique color combination
(see Feldman & Schellmann IIB.300)
Publisher: Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, Inc., New-York
Printer: Rupert Jasen Smith, New-York
Catalogue Raisonne: Feldman & Schellmann II.300

Signed and numbered in pencil, lower left or right
With the publisher’s inkstamp and the artist’s copyright stamp on reverse

Grevy’s Zebra, from the Endangered Species portfolio, presents the animal in a sharply cropped, almost confrontational profile, its head turned slightly toward the viewer as if caught in a moment of alert stillness. The composition is deceptively simple: the elongated face, upright ears, and finely articulated muzzle dominate the surface, while the zebra’s distinctive stripes dissolve into a hypnotic network of black lines against fields of saturated, unexpected color. Warhol disrupts naturalism entirely, bathing the animal in electric tones—acidic yellows, deep violets, and luminous blues—transforming the zebra into a visual apparition, at once familiar and strangely artificial. The silkscreen process allows for subtle shifts in ink density and registration, giving each impression a slight variation that contrasts with the mechanical precision of the striped pattern.

Grevy’s Zebra is part of Endangered Species
(Click on picture below to access the Catalogue Entry)

Produced in 1983 and published by Ronald and Frayda Feldman, the Endangered Species series marked a rare moment in which Warhol engaged directly with an ecological subject. Printed by Rupert Jasen Smith in an edition of 150, alongside artist’s proofs, the portfolio brought together ten animals facing extinction, translating environmental concern into the language of Pop. Warhol, who had long explored the intersection of image, repetition, and value, here turned his attention to species whose visibility in mass culture did not protect them from disappearance. The zebra, often perceived as a decorative or even ornamental creature within popular imagery, becomes in Warhol’s hands a charged emblem of fragility masked by beauty.

The title refers specifically to Equus grevyi, commonly known as Grevy’s zebra, the largest and most endangered of the three zebra species. Unlike the more familiar plains zebra, Grevy’s zebra is distinguished by its narrower stripes, large rounded ears, and white underbelly, features that Warhol subtly preserves even within his chromatic distortions. The name “Grevy’s” traces back to Jules Grévy, President of France in the late 19th century, to whom one of the first specimens was gifted by the Emperor of Ethiopia. This historical anecdote, often noted in gallery literature and market commentary, underscores the long-standing entanglement between exotic wildlife and systems of display, ownership, and prestige—an entanglement Warhol’s work quietly echoes.

By the early 1980s, Grevy’s zebra populations had declined dramatically due to habitat loss, competition with livestock, and hunting. Today, the species remains endangered, with conservation efforts focused on preserving its fragile ecosystems in Kenya and Ethiopia. Warhol’s choice of this particular zebra is therefore precise rather than generic: it is not simply “a zebra,” but a species whose rarity contrasts sharply with the ubiquity of its image in decorative culture. The stripes, endlessly reproduced across fashion, design, and advertising, become a visual paradox—instantly recognizable, yet detached from the reality of the animal’s precarious existence.

What gives Grevy’s Zebra its particular force is this tension between pattern and individuality. Warhol had long been fascinated by repetition—Marilyn’s face, Campbell’s soup cans, dollar signs—and here the zebra’s stripes offer a natural analogue to that logic. Each stripe is unique, much like a fingerprint, yet the overall effect is one of visual repetition, almost mechanical in its regularity. By amplifying this pattern through color and scale, Warhol blurs the line between the organic and the manufactured, suggesting that even nature can be absorbed into systems of mass production and aesthetic consumption.

Within Warhol’s late career, the Endangered Species portfolio stands as a subtle but significant shift, introducing a note of urgency beneath the polished surface of Pop. Grevy’s Zebra, in particular, captures this duality with elegance: it seduces through its graphic clarity and chromatic brilliance, only to reveal, upon closer consideration, a deeper narrative about rarity, exploitation, and survival. In the market, the print remains highly sought after, its appeal grounded not only in its visual strength but also in the coherence of the series as a whole, which continues to resonate with contemporary concerns around biodiversity and environmental loss.

Warhol does not moralize, nor does he dramatize. Instead, he presents the zebra as an image, beautiful, repeatable, consumable, and leaves the viewer to confront the quiet dissonance between that image and the reality it conceals. It is precisely this restraint that gives the work its enduring intelligence.

Auction Market Overview

Regular Editions

Christie’s New-York: 15 April 2026
Estimated: USD 80,000 – 120,000
USD 158,750

ANDY WARHOL (1928-1987)
Grevy’s Zebra, from Endangered Species, 1983
(Feldman & Schellmann II.300)
Screenprint in colors on Lenox Museum Board
Signed in pencil, numbered 42⁄150
(there were also 30 artist’s proofs)
published by Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, Inc., New York
With the artist’s and publisher’s copyright ink stamps on the reverse

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Koller Zurich: 27 November 2025
Estimated: CHF 60,000 – 80,000
CHF 130,000 (Hammer)
CHF 162,500 / USD 202,315
AUCTION RECORD FOR GREVY’s ZEBRA

ANDY WARHOL (Pittsburgh 1928–1987 New York City)
Grevy’s Zebra (Feldman/Schellmann, no. II.300), 1983
From the 10-part portfolio “Endangered Species”
Color screenprint on Lenox Museum Board
Edition: 123/150
Signed in pencil bottom center: Andy Warhol
With the artist’s copyright stamp on the reverse
Published by Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, New York City

Bonhams London: 25 June 2025
Estimated: GBP 70,000 – 100,000
GBP 146,450 / USD 200,050

Sotheby’s London: 15 March 2023
Estimated: GBP 40,000 – 60,000
GBP 139,700 / USD 168,090

ANDY WARHOL
Grevy’s Zebra (F. & S. II.300), 1983
Screen-print in colors on Lenox Museum Board
Signed in pencil, numbered 25/150

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Toomey & Co: 15 October 2021
Estimated: USD 50,000 – 70,000
USD 100,000

ANDY WARHOL (1928–1987)
Grevy’s Zebra from Endangered Species, 1983
Color screenprint on Lenox museum board
Signed, dated and numbered lower edge edition of 150

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Heritage Auctions: 29 October 2019
Estimated: USD 50,000 – 70,000
USD 75,000

ANDY WARHOL (1928-1987)
Grevy’s Zebra, from Endangered Species, 1983
Screenprint in colors on Lenox Museum Board
Edition: 58/150 (there were also 50 artist’s proofs)
Signed and numbered in black pencil lower center, with publisher’s blindstamp
Published by Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, Inc., New York
Printed by Rupert Jasen Smith, New York

LA Modern: 19 May 2019
Estimated: USD 30,000 – 50,000
USD 68,750

Heritage Auctions: 16 April 2019
Estimated: USD 60,000 – 80,000
USD 68,750

ANDY WARHOL (1928-1987)
Grevy’s Zebra, from Endangered Species, 1983
Screenprint in colors on Lenox Museum Board
Edition: 122/150 (there were also 50 artist’s proofs)
Signed and numbered in black pencil lower center, with publisher’s blindstamp
Published by Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, Inc., New York
Printed by Rupert Jasen Smith, New York

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Grevy’s Zebra (53/150)
Sotheby’s New-York: 22 October 2018
Estimated: USD 35,000 – 45,000
USD 81,250

Grevy’s Zebra (57/150)
Heritage Auctions: 17 April 2018
Estimated: USD 60,000 – 80,000
USD 75,000

Grevy’s Zebra (AP 16/30)
Christie’s New-York: 1 March 2016
Estimated: USD 20,000 – 30,000
USD 52,500

Grevy’s Zebra (110/150)
Christie’s New-York: 28 October 2015
Estimated: USD 40,000 – 60,000
USD 75,000

Grevy’s Zebra (121/150)
Christie’s New-York: 15 July 2015
Estimated: USD 30,000 – 50,000
USD 56,250

Grevy’s Zebra (AP 23/30)
Phillips New-York: 28 October 2014
Estimated: USD 40,000 – 60,000
USD 62,500

Grevy’s Zebra (80/150)
Van Ham Cologne: 28 November 2013
Estimated: EUR 10,000 – 15,000
EUR 48,750 / USD 66,300

Grevy’s Zebra (14/150)
Heritage Auctions: 2 November 2013
Estimated: USD 25,000 – 35,000
USD 53,125

Trial Proofs

Christie’s New-York: 26 October 2011
Estimated: USD 25,000 – 45,000
USD 40,000
TRIAL PROOF

ANDY WARHOL
Grevy’s Zebra, from Endangered Species (see F. & S. II.300), 1983
Unique screenprint in colors on Lenox Museum Board
A proof apart from the edition of 150 (there were also 30 artist’s proofs)
With the ‘Andy Warhol Art Authentication Board, Inc.
Working Material’ inkstamp on the reverse and annotated ‘102.111’ in pencil
Published by Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, Inc., New York

Christie’s New-York: 26 April 2011
Estimated: USD 40,000 – 50,000
USD 50,000
TRIAL PROOF

ANDY WARHOL
Grevy’s Zebra, from Endangered Species (see F. & S. II.300), 1983
Unique screenprint in colors on Lenox Museum Board
A proof apart from the signed and numbered edition of 150
With the Andy Warhol Art Authentication Board, Inc. inkstamps on the reverse
Annotated ‘103.0911’ in pencil

Christie’s Los Angeles: 13 December 1999
Estimated: USD 4,000 – 5,000
USD 12,650
TRIAL PROOF

ANDY WARHOL
Grevy’s Zebra, for Endangered Species (F. and S. B.300), 1983
Unique screenprint in colors on Lenox Museum Board
Signed in pencil, numbered ‘T.P. 12/30’
One of 30 unique color variants aside from the edition of 150 plus 30 artist’s proofs