Frölunda Hockey Player
Medium: Screenprint in colors on Lenox Museum Board
Year: 1986
Sheet: 39 3/8 x 31 1/2 inches (100×80 cm)
Edition: 100
Artist’s Proofs: 20 AP
Printer’s Proofs: 5 PP
Trial Proofs: 14 TP
TP 1/14-3/14 have different size 39 3/8 x 39 3/8 inches (100×100 cm)
(see Feldman & Schellmann IIB.366)
Printer: Rupert Jasen Smith, New-York
Publisher: Art Now Gallery, Göteborg, Sweden
Literature: Feldman & Schellmann II.366
Signed and numbered in pencil lower left with the printer’s blindstamp
Trial Proofs are signed and numbered in pencil on verso by Frederick W. Hughes, the executor of The Estate of Andy Warhol on a stamped Certificate of Authenticity
Frölunda Hockey Player was created in 1986 on commission by the Art Now Gallery in Göteborg, Sweden. It portrays Christer Kellgren, a player from the Swedish hockey club Frölunda HC, in a frozen moment of action. Warhol reduced the original photograph of Kellgren into bold, contrasting colors and simplified forms, a hallmark of his Pop Art technique. Warhol’s rendition of Kellgren exemplifies his fascination with celebrity culture, extending beyond musicians and actors to athletes. The player is outlined with red and brown lines, contrasting vividly against the green, yellow, and white of his uniform set against a black backdrop. Warhol deliberately simplified facial features to focus the viewer’s attention on the colors and forms of the athlete’s body and uniform, consistent with his crayon-like gestural and overlapping color techniques. Although Warhol preferred working with celebrity figures from entertainment and social spheres, he was intrigued by the celebrity status of sports stars. Frölunda Hockey Player aligns with his other sports-related portraits, including Wayne Gretzky, Muhammad Ali, and Dorothy Hamill, reflecting his engagement with fame and popular culture
Auction Results
1. Regular Editions
Bukowskis Stockholm: 23 October 2025
Estimated: SEK 80,000 – 100,000
SEK 160,000 (Hammer)
SEK 200,000 / USD 21,310
Screenprint in colors
Signed in pencil and numbered AP 4/20
Bukowskis: 20 November 2024
Estimated: SEK 70,000 – 80,000
SEK 110,000 (Hammer)
SEK 131,250 / USD 12,030
Screenprint in colors
Signed in pencil and numbered 65/100
Bukowskis: 26 October 2022
Estimated: SEK 80,000 – 100,000
SEK 100,000 (Hammer)
SEK 125,000 / USD 11,390
Screenprint in colors
Signed in pencil and numbered 53/100
Bukowskis: 17 May 2022
Estimated: SEK 40,000 – 50,000
SEK 130,000 (Hammer)
SEK 162,500 / USD 14,805
Screenprint in colors
signed in pencil and numbered 66/100
Estimated: SEK 40,000 – 50,000
SEK 160,000 (Hammer)
SEK 200,000 / USD 20,590
Screenprint in colors
signed in pencil and numbered 40/100
Christie’s London: 18 March 2020
Estimated: GBP 6,000 – 8,000
GBP 10,625 / USD 12,330
ANDY WARHOL (1928-1987)
Frolunda Hockey Player, 1986
Screenprint in colors on Lenox Museum Board
Signed in pencil, numbered 75/100 (there were also twenty artist’s proofs)
2. Trial Proofs
Estimated: SEK 150,000 – 200,000
SEK 200,000 (Hammer)
SEK 250,000 / USD 25,500
TRIAL PROOF
Unique screenprint in colors on Lenox Museum Board
Signed by Frederick W. Hughes, (Executor of the Estate of Andy Warhol)
Numbered T.P. 7/14 in pencil on a stamped Certificate of Authenticity on the reverse
One of 14 unique color trial proofs, before the edition of 100 and 20 artist’s proofs
Phillips New-York: 23 April 2019
Estimated: USD 15,000 – 20,000
USD 17,500
TRIAL PROOF
Unique screenprint in colors on Lenox Museum Board
Titled, dated and numbered ‘T.P. 8/14’ in pencil on a stamped Certificate of Authenticity on the reverse
One of 14 unique color trial proofs, before the edition of 100 and 20 artist’s proofs
Estimated: GBP 20,000 – 30,000
GBP 25,000 / USD 32,410
TRIAL PROOF
Numbered ‘T.P. 10/14’ in pencil on a stamped Certificate of Authenticity on the reverse
One of 14 unique colour trial proofs, before the edition of 100 and 20 artist’s proofs