Name: Queen Ntombi Twala Of Swaziland (F. & S. II.346)
Brand: Andy Warhol
Rating: 5 (236 reviews)

Track auction value trend

The value of Andy Warhol’s Queen Ntombi Twala Of Swaziland (F. & S. II.346) is estimated to be worth between £5,000 and £7,500. This signed screenprint, created in 1985, has an auction history of three sales since its initial sale on 30th March 2016. Although there have been no sales in the past 12 months, over the past five years the hammer price has varied from £6,763 in November 2020 to £6,966 in October 2022. The average annual growth rate of this work is currently -6%. This artwork is part of a limited edition of 40.

Meaning & Analysis

Queen Ntombi Twala of Swaziland (F&S.II.346) features Queen Ntombi Twala of Swaziland, queen regent and currently co-ruler of the African nation. Andy Warhol’s 1985 depiction of the queen draws from an official portrait. Warhol has produced an image saturated with warm colours, bringing a vibrancy to the portrait.

Reigning Queens features four queens who reigned while Warhol produced the series: Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands, Queen Margrethe II of Denmark, and Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom. Produced late in his life, the series was one of Warhol’s largest. Queen Ntombi Twala, the only non-European queen, ruled as regent in her home nation of Swaziland until 1986, when her son came of age and ascended to the throne. Since then, she has ruled in the position of Queen Mother.