Throughout his career, Warhol worked with assistants and printers to create numerous print portfolios. In 1977 he met printer Rupert Jasen Smith who worked with him to create the series Space Fruit. These prints demonstrate Warhol’s experimentation with a centuries-old genre in painting—the still life. Still lifes by their very nature are choreographed compositions focusing on shape, color, space, and oftentimes symbolism. Warhol was interested in using shadows as a compositional element. He first placed one or more pieces of fruit on a white background, lit the arrangement from an angled position so that shadows were cast onto the white paper, and then photographed these compositions. He also used collage and drawing to create the source imagery for the additional screens used in each print. This artwork is an example of a multilayer or multicolor” silkscreen print since each color represents a different silkscreened layer. This printing process allowed Warhol endless color combinations within each composition.
Space Fruit: Still Lifes, 1979
Space Fruit: Still Lifes
Portfolio of six screenprints in colors
Medium: Screenprint in colors on Lenox Museum Board
Year: 1979
Sheet: 30×40 inches (76.2 x 101.6 cm)
Edition: 150
Printer’s Proof: 1 PP on Strathmore Bristol paper
Other: 30 on 4-ply Lenox Museum Board numbered in Roman numerals
Publisher: Grippi/Zivian, Inc., New York
Printer: Rupert Jasen Smith and Joe Grippi, New-York
Literature: Feldman & Schellmann II.198-203
Each signed and numbered in felt pen
With the publisher’s blindstamp and the Andy Warhol Copyright inkstamp on the reverse
1. Cantaloupes II (F&S II.198)
2. Watermelon (F&S II.199)
3. Apples (F&S II.200)
4. Cantaloupe I (F&S II.201)
5. Peaches (F&S II.202)
6. Pears (F&S II.203)
2025 Auction Results
Peaches, 1979
Estimated: USD 10,000 – 15,000
USD 13,970
Signed and numbered to lower right ‘148/150 Andy Warhol’ with publisher’s blindstamp
Apples, 1979
Sotheby’s London: 24 September 2025
Estimated: GBP 7,000 – 9,000
GBP 8,890 / USD 11,960
ANDY WARHOL (1928 – 1987)
Apples, from Space Fruit: Still Lifes (F. & S. II.200), 1979
Screenprint in colours on 4-ply Lenox Museum Board
Signed in felt-tip pen and numbered III/XXX
This impression is one of thirty proofs numbered in Roman numerals aside from the numbered edition of 150
Cantaloupes I, 1979
Mainichi Auction Tokyo: 19 July 2025
Estimated: JPY 1,500,000 – 2,500,000
JPY 3,220,000 / USD 21,640
ANDY WARHOL
Cantaloupes I from SPACE FRUIT : STILL LIFES (F & S.II.201), 1979
Screenprint
Signed in felt pen and ed.150 at lower right image
Dated with a copyright stamp on verso
Peaches, 1979
Phillips New-York: 16 April 2025
Estimated: USD 10,000 – 15,000
USD 15,240
ANDY WARHOL
Peaches, from Space Fruit: Still Lifes (F. & S. 202), 1979
Screenprint in colors, on Lenox Museum Board
Signed and numbered 25/150 in pencil
Watermelon, 1979
Barridoff Auctions: 29 March 2025
Estimated: USD 8,000 – 12,000
USD 11,000 (Hammer)
USD 13,750
ANDY WARHOL (Am. 1928-1987)
Watermelon (from the Space Fruit: Still Lifes portfolio)
Screeprint in colors on 4-ply Lenox Museum Board
Signed and editioned “128/150” l.l.
Dated and copyright stamp verso
Peaches, 1979
Phillips London: 23 January 2025
Estimated: GBP 8,000 – 12,000
GBP 17,780 / USD 21,960
ANDY WARHOL
Peaches, from Space Fruit: Still Lifes (F. & S. 202), 1979
Screenprint in colors on Lenox Museum Board
Signed and numbered 90/150 in black felt-tip pen (there were also 30 in Roman numerals)
Pears, 1979
Phillips London: 23 January 2025
Estimated: GBP 5,000 – 7,000
GBP 13,970 / USD 17,255
ANDY WARHOL
Pears, from Space Fruit: Still Lifes (F. & S. 203), 1979
Screenprint in colors on Lenox Museum Board
Signed and numbered 90/150 in black felt-tip pen (there were also 30 in Roman numerals)
2024 Auction Results
Cantaloupes II, 1979
SBI Art Auction: 28 January 2024
Estimated: JPY 1,500,000 – 2,500,000
JPY 2,185,000 / USD 14,745
ANDY WARHOL
Cantaloupes Ⅱ from Space Fruit: Still Lifes (F. & S. Ⅱ.198), 1979
Screenprint
Signed and numbered on the lower right from the edition of 150
Copyright stamp on the reverse
Watermelon, 1979
LA Modern: 15 May 2024
Estimated: USD 10,000 – 15,000
USD 12,900
ANDY WARHOL (1928–1987)
Watermelon (from the Space Fruit: Still Lifes portfolio), 1979
Screenprint in colors on 4-ply Lenox Museum Board
Signed and numbered to lower edge ‘Andy Warhol XXIV/XXX’ with publisher’s blindstamp
This work is number 24 from the Roman numeral edition of 30 apart from the edition of 150
Apples, 1979
SBI Art Auction: 25 May 2024
Estimated: JPY 1,500,000 – 2,500,000
JPY 2,185,000 / USD 13,922
ANDY WARHOL
Apples from Space Fruit: Still Lifes (F. & S. Ⅱ.200), 1979
Screenprint
Signed and numbered on the lower left, Copyright stamp on the reverse
From the edition of 150
2023 Auction Results
Cantaloupes II, 1979
Doyle New-York: 1 November 2023
Estimated: USD 8,000 – 12,000
USD 12,600
ANDY WARHOL
Cantaloupes II from Space Fruit: Still Lifes, 1979
Color screenprint on Lenox Museum Board
Signed and numbered 109/150 in felt-tip pen
Cantaloupes II, 1979
SBI Art Auction: 14 April 2023
Estimated: JPY 2,000,000 – 3,000,000
JPY 2,760,000 / USD 20,628
ANDY WARHOL
Cantaloupes II from Space Fruit: Still Lifes, 1979
Color screenprint on Lenox Museum Board
Signed and numbered on the lower right from the edition of 150
Cantaloupes II, 1979
SBI Art Auction: 28 January 2023
Estimated: JPY 2,000,000 – 3,000,000
JPY 2,875,000 / USD 22,128
ANDY WARHOL
Cantaloupes II from Space Fruit: Still Lifes, 1979
Color screenprint on Lenox Museum Board
Signed and numbered on the lower right from the edition of 150
Cantaloupes I, 1979
Doyle New-York: 1 November 2023
Estimated: USD 8,000 – 12,000
USD 13,860
ANDY WARHOL
Cantaloupes I from Space Fruit: Still Lifes, 1979
Color screenprint on Lenox Museum Board
Signed and numbered 109/150 in felt-tip pen
Peaches, 1979
Estimated: USD 10,000 – 15,000
USD 14,000 (HAMMER)
ANDY WARHOL
Space Fruit (Peaches)
Color lithograph
Signed lower right, edition 99/150
2022 Auction Results
Space Fruit: Still Lifes, 1979
Sotheby’s New-York: 27 October 2022
Estimated: USD 50,000 – 70,000
USD 132,300
COMPLETE SET
ANDY WARHOL (1928-1987)
Space Fruit: Still Lifes, 1979
The complete set of six screen-prints in colors on Lenox Museum Board
Each signed in felt-tip pen and inscribed X/XXX
This set is one of 30 in Roman numerals aside from the numbered edition of 150
XXXXXXXXXX
Cantaloupes II, 1979
Mallet Japan: 19 May 2022
Estimated: JPY 2,000,000 – 3,000,000
JPY 3,000,000 (Hammer)
JPY 3,495,000 / USD 27,390
ANDY WARHOL
Cantaloupes II from Space Fruit: Still Lifes, 1979
Screenprint in colors
Signed and numbered 39/150
Cantaloupes I, 1979
Sotheby’s New-York: 3 October 2022
Estimated: USD 7,000 – 10,000
USD 21,420
ANDY WARHOL (1928 – 1987)
Cantaloupes I, from Space Fruit: Still Lifes, 1979
Screen-print in colors on Lenox Museum Board
Signed in felt-tip pen Andy Warhol and numbered 150/150 (lower right)
Apples, 1979
Doyle New-York: 14 July 2022
Estimated: USD 12,000 – 18,000
USD 17,500
ANDY WARHOL (1928-1987)
APPLES (FELDMAN/SCHELLMANN II.200), 1979
from Space Fruit: Still Lifes
Color screenprint on Lenox Museum Board
Signed and numbered 148/150 in felt pen
2021 Auction Results
Cantaloupes II, 1979
SBI Art Auction: 24 April 2021
Estimated: JPY 1,500,000 – 2,500,000
JPY 3,105,000 / USD 28,765
AUCTION RECORD FOR CANTALOUPES II
ANDY WARHOL
Cantaloupes II from Space Fruit: Still Lifes (F. & S. Ⅱ.198), 1979
Screenprint
Signed and numbered on the lower right
Copyright stamp on the reverse
From the edition of 150
Watermelon, 1979
Mainichi Auction: 30 October 2021
Estimated: JPY 1,500,000 – 2,000,000
JPY 2,100,000 (Hammer)
JPY 2,446,500 / USD 21,465
ANDY WARHOL (Am. 1928-1987)
Watermelon from Space Fruit: Still Lifes, 1979
Screenprint
Signed
From the edition of 150
Watermelon, 1979
Mainichi Auction: 23 January 2021
Estimated: JPY 1,500,000 – 2,500,000
JPY 2,100,000 (Hammer)
JPY 2,446,500 / USD 23,590
AUCTION RECORD FOR WATERMELON
ANDY WARHOL (Am. 1928-1987)
Watermelon from Space Fruit: Still Lifes, 1979
Screenprint
Signed and numbered 61/150
Cantaloupes II
Borromeo Studio d’Arte: 10 April 2024
Estimated: EUR 15,000 – 18,000
EUR 13,750 / USD 14,760
ANDY WARHOL
Cantaloupes Ⅱ, 1979
Silkscreen on cardboard
Signed and numbered 139/150
SBI Art Auction: 28 January 2024
Estimated: JPY 1,500,000 – 2,500,000
JPY 2,185,000 / USD 14,745
ANDY WARHOL
Cantaloupes Ⅱ from Space Fruit: Still Lifes (F. & S. Ⅱ.198), 1979
Screenprint
Signed and numbered on the lower right from the edition of 150
Copyright stamp on the reverse
Doyle New-York: 1 November 2023
Estimated: USD 8,000 – 12,000
USD 12,600
ANDY WARHOL
Cantaloupes II from Space Fruit: Still Lifes, 1979
Color screenprint on Lenox Museum Board
Signed and numbered 109/150 in felt-tip pen
SBI Art Auction: 14 April 2023
Estimated: JPY 2,000,000 – 3,000,000
JPY 2,760,000 / USD 20,628
ANDY WARHOL
Cantaloupes II from Space Fruit: Still Lifes, 1979
Color screenprint on Lenox Museum Board
Signed and numbered on the lower right from the edition of 150
SBI Art Auction: 28 January 2023
Estimated: JPY 2,000,000 – 3,000,000
JPY 2,875,000 / USD 22,128
ANDY WARHOL
Cantaloupes II from Space Fruit: Still Lifes, 1979
Color screenprint on Lenox Museum Board
Signed and numbered on the lower right from the edition of 150
Mallet Japan: 19 May 2022
Estimated: JPY 2,000,000 – 3,000,000
JPY 3,000,000 (Hammer)
JPY 3,495,000 / USD 27,390
ANDY WARHOL
Cantaloupes II from Space Fruit: Still Lifes, 1979
Screenprint in colors
Signed and numbered 39/150
SBI Art Auction: 24 April 2021
Estimated: JPY 1,500,000 – 2,500,000
JPY 3,105,000 / USD 28,765
AUCTION RECORD FOR CANTALOUPES II
ANDY WARHOL
Cantaloupes II from Space Fruit: Still Lifes (F. & S. Ⅱ.198), 1979
Screenprint
Signed and numbered on the lower right
Copyright stamp on the reverse
From the edition of 150
SBI Art Auction: 31 October 2020
Estimated: JPY 1,400,000 – 2,400,000
JPY 1,897,500 / USD 18,130
ANDY WARHOL
Cantaloupes II from Space Fruit: Still Lifes (F. & S. Ⅱ.198), 1979
Screenprint
Signed and numbered on the lower right
Copyright stamp on the reverse
From the edition of 150
Watermelon
Barridoff Auctions: 29 March 2025
Estimated: USD 8,000 – 12,000
USD 11,000 (Hammer)
USD 13,750
ANDY WARHOL (Am. 1928-1987)
Watermelon (from the Space Fruit: Still Lifes portfolio), 1979
Screenprint in colors on 4-ply Lenox Museum Board
Signed and editioned “128/150” l.l.
Dated and copyright stamp verso
Mainichi Auction: 23 May 2024
Estimated: JPY 2,000,000 – 3,000,000
JPY 3,450,000 / USD 21,965
ANDY WARHOL (Am. 1928-1987)
Watermelon from Space Fruit: Still Lifes, 1979
Screenprint
Signed
From the edition of 150
LA Modern: 15 May 2024
Estimated: USD 10,000 – 15,000
USD 12,900
ANDY WARHOL (1928–1987)
Watermelon (from the Space Fruit: Still Lifes portfolio), 1979
Screenprint in colors on 4-ply Lenox Museum Board
Signed and numbered to lower edge ‘Andy Warhol XXIV/XXX’ with publisher’s blindstamp
This work is number 24 from the Roman numeral edition of 30 apart from the edition of 150
Mainichi Auction: 30 October 2021
Estimated: JPY 1,500,000 – 2,000,000
JPY 2,100,000 (Hammer)
JPY 2,446,500 / USD 21,465
ANDY WARHOL (Am. 1928-1987)
Watermelon from Space Fruit: Still Lifes, 1979
Screenprint
Signed
From the edition of 150
Mainichi Auction: 23 January 2021
Estimated: JPY 1,500,000 – 2,500,000
JPY 2,100,000 (Hammer)
JPY 2,446,500 / USD 23,590
AUCTION RECORD FOR WATERMELON
ANDY WARHOL (Am. 1928-1987)
Watermelon from Space Fruit: Still Lifes, 1979
Screenprint
Signed and numbered 61/150
Germann Auction: 25 November 2020
Estimated: CHF 6,000 – 9,000
CHF 12,000 (Hammer)
CHF 15,000 / USD 16,450
ANDY WARHOL (1928-1987)
Watermelon, from “Space Fruits: Still Lifes”, 1979
Silkscreen printed in colors
Edition: 31/150
Signed lower left: Andy Warhol
Rago: 26 February 2020
Estimated: USD 5,000 – 7,000
USD 13,750
ANDY WARHOL (1928–1987)
Watermelon from Space Fruit: Still Lifes, 1979
Screenprint in colors
Signed and numbered to lower left ‘Andy Warhol 7/150’
Apples
Sotheby’s London: 24 September 2025
Estimated: GBP 7,000 – 9,000
GBP 8,890 / USD 11,960
ANDY WARHOL (1928 – 1987)
Apples, from Space Fruit: Still Lifes (F. & S. II.200), 1979
Screenprint in colours on 4-ply Lenox Museum Board
Signed in felt-tip pen and numbered III/XXX
This impression is one of thirty proofs numbered in Roman numerals aside from the numbered edition of 150
SBI Art Auction: 25 May 2024
Estimated: JPY 1,500,000 – 2,500,000
JPY 2,185,000 / USD 13,922
ANDY WARHOL
Apples from Space Fruit: Still Lifes (F. & S. Ⅱ.200), 1979
Screenprint
Signed and numbered on the lower left, Copyright stamp on the reverse
From the edition of 150
Doyle New-York: 14 July 2022
Estimated: USD 12,000 – 18,000
USD 17,500
ANDY WARHOL (1928-1987)
APPLES (FELDMAN/SCHELLMANN II.200), 1979
from Space Fruit: Still Lifes
Color screenprint on Lenox Museum Board
Signed and numbered 148/150 in felt pen
Cantaloupes I
Mainichi Auction Tokyo: 19 July 2025
Estimated: JPY 1,500,000 – 2,500,000
JPY 3,220,000 / USD 21,640
ANDY WARHOL
Cantaloupes I from SPACE FRUIT : STILL LIFES (F & S.II.201), 1979
Screenprint
Signed in felt pen and ed.150 at lower right image
Dated with a copyright stamp on verso
Van Ham: 4 June 2025
Estimated: EUR 8,000 – 12,000
EUR 15,840 / USD 18,060
ANDY WARHOL (1928 Pittsburgh, PA/USA – 1987 New York)
Cantaloupes I, From: Space Fruit: Still Lifes (Feldman/Schellmann no. II 201), 1979
Color silkscreen on Lenox museum card
Signed and numbered 19/150
Doyle New-York: 1 November 2023
Estimated: USD 8,000 – 12,000
USD 13,860
ANDY WARHOL
Cantaloupes I from Space Fruit: Still Lifes, 1979
Color screenprint on Lenox Museum Board
Signed and numbered 109/150 in felt-tip pen
Sotheby’s New-York: 3 October 2022
Estimated: USD 7,000 – 10,000
USD 21,420
ANDY WARHOL (1928 – 1987)
Cantaloupes I, from Space Fruit: Still Lifes, 1979
Screen-print in colors on Lenox Museum Board
Signed in felt-tip pen Andy Warhol and numbered 150/150 (lower right)
SBI Art Auction: 30 October 2021
Estimated: JPY 1,500,000 – 2,500,000
JPY 2,875,000 / USD 25,225
AUCTION RECORD FOR CANTALOUPES I
ANDY WARHOL WARHOL
Cantaloupes I from Space Fruit: Still Lifes (F. & S. Ⅱ. 201), 1979
Screenprint
Signed and numbered on the lower left
PP aside from ED. 150
Phillips New-York: 22 October 2020
Estimated: USD 8,000 – 12,000
USD 11,970
ANDY WARHOL
Cantaloupes I, from Space Fruit: Still Lifes, 1979
Screenprint in color, on Lenox Museum Board
Signed and numbered 129/150 in felt-pen
Mainichi Auction: 17 October 2020
Estimated: JPY 1,500,000 – 2,500,000
JPY 1,800,000 (Hammer)
JPY 2,097,000 / USD 19,900
ANDY WARHOL
Cantaloupes I, from Space Fruit: Still Lifes, 1979
Screenprint
Signed and numbered 96/150
Bertolami Fine Art: 25 February 2020
Estimated: EUR 14,000 – 18,000
EUR 12,500 / USD 13,585
ANDY WARHOL
Cantaloupes I, from Space Fruit: Still Lifes, 1979
Serigraphy in colors on Lenox Museum Board
Signed and numbered 1/150 lower right
Peaches
Estimated: USD 10,000 – 15,000
USD 13,970
Signed and numbered to lower right ‘148/150 Andy Warhol’ with publisher’s blindstamp
Phillips New-York: 16 April 2025
Estimated: USD 10,000 – 15,000
USD 15,240
ANDY WARHOL
Peaches, from Space Fruit: Still Lifes (F. & S. 202), 1979
Screenprint in colors, on Lenox Museum Board
Signed and numbered 25/150 in pencil
Phillips London: 23 January 2025
Estimated: GBP 8,000 – 12,000
GBP 17,780 / USD 21,960
ANDY WARHOL
Peaches, from Space Fruit: Still Lifes (F. & S. 202), 1979
Screenprint in colors on Lenox Museum Board
Signed and numbered 90/150 in black felt-tip pen (there were also 30 in Roman numerals)
Estimated: USD 10,000 – 15,000
USD 14,000 (HAMMER)
ANDY WARHOL
Space Fruit (Peaches)
Color lithograph
Signed lower right, edition 99/150
Estimated: GBP 12,000 – 18,000
GBP 15,600 / USD 18,650
ANDY WARHOL (American 1928-1987)
Peaches [Feldman and Schellmann, II.198-203], 1979
from the series Space fruit
Screenprint in colors on Lenox Museum board
Signed and numbered from the edition of 150 in pen
Pears
Phillips London: 23 January 2025
Estimated: GBP 5,000 – 7,000
GBP 13,970 / USD 17,255
ANDY WARHOL
Pears, from Space Fruit: Still Lifes (F. & S. 203), 1979
Screenprint in colors on Lenox Museum Board
Signed and numbered 90/150 in black felt-tip pen (there were also 30 in Roman numerals)
Bonhams Los Angeles: 28 March 2023
Estimated: USD 10,000 – 12,000
USD 14,025
Screen-print in colors on Lenox Museum Board
Signed in felt pen and numbered 91/150
Estimated: GBP 12,000 – 18,000
GBP 15,600 / USD 18,650
ANDY WARHOL (American 1928-1987)
Pears [Feldman and Schellmann, II.198-203], 1979
from the series Space fruit
Screenprint in colors on Lenox Museum board
Signed and numbered from the edition of 150 in pen
Complete Sets
Sotheby’s New-York: 27 October 2022
Estimated: USD 50,000 – 70,000
USD 132,300
COMPLETE SET
ANDY WARHOL (1928-1987)
Space Fruit: Still Lifes, 1979
The complete set of six screen-prints in colors on Lenox Museum Board
Each signed in felt-tip pen and inscribed X/XXX
This set is one of 30 in Roman numerals aside from the numbered edition of 150
Christie’s New-York: 18 April 2019
Estimated: USD 40,000 – 60,000
USD 68,750
COMPLETE SET
ANDY WARHOL (1928-1987)
Space Fruit: Still Lifes, 1979
The complete set of six screenprints in colors on 4-ply Lenox Museum board
Each signed in felt tip pen and numbered ‘II/XXX’ (slightly attenuated)
One of 30 sets numbered in Roman numerals, the edition was 150