Michael Jackson

Medium: Screenprint in colors on HMP paper
Year: 1984
Sheet: 31 5/8 x 23 1/4 inches (80.3 x 59.1 cm)
Printer: Rupert Jasen Smith, New-York
Literature: Feldman & Schellmann IIIB.23

 

Warhol was commissioned by TIME Magazine to do a portrait of Michael Jackson for a cover on March 19, 1984. A near perfect subject for Warhol, at the time Michael Jackson was considered the most famous man in the world.

 

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Auction Results

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Christie’s New-York: 12 November 2012
Estimated: USD 50,000 – 70,000
USD 47,500

ANDY WARHOL
Michael Jackson, 1984
Screenprint in colors on HMP paper
One of a small number of impressions
With the ‘The Estate of Andy Warhol’ and ‘Authorized by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts’ inkstamps
(on the reverse)