Pine Barrens Tree Frog
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.294)
Publisher: Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, Inc., New-York
Printer: Rupert Jasen Smith, New-York
Catalogue Raisonne: Feldman & Schellmann II.294

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

Pine Barrens Tree Frog is part of Endangered Species
(Click on picture below to access the Catalogue Entry)

The Pine Barrens Tree Frog can only be found in three distinct areas in eastern United States. It was listed as endangered from 1977 and 1983. The Pine Barrens treefrog is named for the New Jersey Pine Barrens. It is a medium-sized green treefrog with a white-bordered lavender stripe down each side of its body and brilliant orange of the underside of each leg. Pine Barrens treefrogs are found in the pine forests and sandhills of south-central North Carolina. They are nocturnal and seldom seen, presumably spending their time in shrubs and trees. Most people see them during the frogs’ breeding season. Breeding habitats include Carolina bays, pocosins (shrub bogs), spring-fed pools and bogs adjacent to pine forests. Females attach eggs singly or in small clusters to Sphagnum moss or lay them on the bottom of the wetland. After hatching, tadpoles complete metamorphosis in seven to 11 weeks. Pine Barrens treefrogs have a limited distribution in North Carolina, and populations are thought to be declining due to habitat destruction and degradation.

Pine Barrens Treefrog (ncwildlife.org)

The tiny species of frog is magnified in Warhol’s print and characterized by bright primary colors, which pop out against the blue coloring of the tree branch. Indeed, in Warhol’s print, the frog sits confidently on a branch, covered with a deep blue colored, outlined by hand-drawn white lines along its contours. If the frog’s large toe pads are colored in a deep green, the rest of the frog is covered with a vibrant yellow, and red patterns.

Auction Market Overview

Regular Editions

SBI Art Auction: 25 October 2025
Estimated: JPY 12,000,000 – 18,000,000
JPY 18,975,000 / USD 123,505

ANDY WARHOL
Pine Barrens Tree Frog (F. & S. Ⅱ.294), 1983
From Endangered Species
Screenprint
Signed and numbered on the lower left, Copyright stamp on the reverse
From the edition of 150

Christie’s New-York: 16 April 2025
Estimated: USD 80,000 – 120,000
USD 157,500
AUCTION RECORD FOR PINE BARRENS TREE FROG

ANDY WARHOL (1928-1987)
Pine Barrens Tree Frog, from Endangered Species (Feldman & Schellmann II.294), 1983
Screenprint in colors on Lenox Museum Board
Signed in pencil, annotated ‘HC 3⁄3’
An hors–commerce impression, the edition was 150 plus 30 artist’s proofs

Sotheby’s online: 20 March 2024
Estimated: GBP 70,000 – 100,000
GBP 107,950 / USD 137,097

ANDY WARHOL (1928 – 1987)
Pine Barrens Tree Frog, from Endangered Species, 1985
Screenprint in colors on Lenox Museum Board
Signed in pencil and numbered 3/150

Sotheby’s New-York: 24 October 2023
Estimated: USD 100,000 – 150,000
USD 114,300

ANDY WARHOL (1928 – 1987)
Pine Barrens Tree Frog, from Endangered Species (F. & S. II.294), 1983
Screen-print in colors on Lenox Museum Board
Signed in pencil and numbered 6/150

Sotheby’s New-York: 28 October 2022
Estimated: USD 80,000 – 120,000
USD 151,200

ANDY WARHOL
Pine Barrens Tree Frog, from Endangered Species, 1983
Screenprint in colors on Lenox Museum Board
Signed in pencil and numbered 27/150

SHINWA AUCTION: 9 July 2022
Estimated: JPY 3,000,000 – 5,000,000
JPY 19,000,000 (Hammer)
JPY 22,135,000 / USD 162,642

ANDY WARHOL
Pine Barrens Tree Frog from Endangered Species, 1983
Screenprint in colors on Lenox Museum Board
Signed and editioned on lower left
Embossed on lower right
Stamped on the verso
From the edition of 150

Phillips New-York: 21 October 2021
Estimated: USD 40,000 – 60,000
USD 138,600

Koller Zurich: 1 July 2021
Estimated: CHF 30,000 – 50,000
CHF 104,000 / USD 112,315

ANDY WARHOL (Pittsburgh 1928–1987 New York)
Pine Barrens Tree Frog, from the 10-part series Endangered Species, 1983
Color screenprint on Lenox Museum Board
Edition: 27/150
Signed in pencil lower left: Andy Warhol

Sotheby’s New-York: 22 October 2020
Estimated: USD 40,000 – 60,000
USD 75,600

ANDY WARHOL (1928 – 1987)
PINE BARRENS TREE FROG (F. & S. II.294) from Endangered Species, 1983
Screenprint in colors on Lenox Museum Board
Signed in pencil and inscribed ‘AP 4/30’
An artist’s proof aside from the numbered edition of 150 and ten in Roman numerals

Pine Barrens Tree Frog (114/150)
Bonhams New-York: 21 May 2019
Estimated: USD 40,000 – 60,000
USD 50,075

Pine Barrens Tree Frog (112/150)
LA Modern: 19 May 2019
Estimated: USD 40,000 – 60,000
USD 56,250

Pine Barrens Tree Frog (PP 5/5)
Heffel Fine Art Toronto: 25 October 2018
Estimated: CAD 30,000 – 50,000
CAD 60,000 / USD 45,915

Pine Barrens Tree Frog (HC 3/3)
Sotheby’s New-York: 24 October 2017
Estimated: USD 40,000 – 60,000
USD 56,250

Pine Barrens Tree Frog (53/150)
Sotheby’s New-York: 28 April 2017
Estimated: USD 35,000 – 45,000
USD 62,500

Pine Barrens Tree Frog (78/150)
Heritage Auctions: 24 May 2016
Estimated: USD 25,000 – 35,000
USD 52,500

Pine Barrens Tree Frog (TP 30/30)

Christie’s New-York: 16 April 2024
Estimated: USD 150,000 – 200,000
USD 201,600
TRIAL PROOF

ANDY WARHOL (1928-1987)
Pine Barrens Tree Frog, from Endangered Species, 1983
Unique screenprint in colors on Lenox Museum Board
Signed in pencil, numbered ‘TP 30⁄30’ on the reverse
A trial proof, the edition was 150 plus 30 artist’s proofs

Pine Barrens Tree Frog (TP 2/30)

Sotheby’ London: 1 July 2004
Estimated: GBP 6,000 – 7,000
GBP 9,360 / USD 17,015
TRIAL PROOF

ANDY WARHOL
Pine Barrens Tree Frog, from Endangered Species (F&S IIB.294), 1983
Silkscreen printed in colors on Lenox Museum Board
A trial proof printed in a unique combination of colors
Signed and inscribed T.P., numbered 2/30 recto