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Franz Kafka (F. & S. II.226) - Signed Print by Andy Warhol 1980 - MyArtBroker

Franz Kafka (F. & S. II.226)
Signed Print

Andy Warhol

£29,000-£45,000Value
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$60,000-$90,000 Value Indicator

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¥260,000-¥400,000 Value Indicator

35,000-50,000 Value Indicator

$290,000-$440,000 Value Indicator

¥5,380,000-¥8,340,000 Value Indicator

$35,000-$60,000 Value Indicator

45% AAGR (5YR)

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Medium: Screenprint

Format: Signed Print

Year: 1980

Size: H 113cm x W 91cm

Edition size: 200

Signed: Yes

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Andy Warhol's Franz Kafka (F. & S. II.226) (signed), a screen print from 1980, is estimated to be worth £29,000 to £45,000. This artwork has been sold at auction 10 times since its initial sale in September 2004. Over the last five years, the hammer price has ranged from £13,808 in October 2020 to £27,780 in January 2022, showing an average annual growth rate of 45%. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 200.

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Auction Results

Auction DateAuction HouseArtwork
Hammer Price
Return to Seller
Buyer Paid
January 2022Phillips London - United KingdomFranz Kafka (F. & S. II.226) - Signed Print
May 2021Skinner, Marlborough - United StatesFranz Kafka (F. & S. II.226) - Signed Print
October 2020Sotheby's New York - United StatesFranz Kafka (F. & S. II.226) - Signed Print
December 2017Ketterer Kunst Hamburg - GermanyFranz Kafka (F. & S. II.226) - Signed Print
July 2014Christie's New York - United StatesFranz Kafka (F. & S. II.226) - Signed Print
October 2012Phillips New York - United StatesFranz Kafka (F. & S. II.226) - Signed Print
December 2011Van Ham Fine Art Auctions - GermanyFranz Kafka (F. & S. II.226) - Signed Print

Meaning & Analysis

Franz Kafka is depicted in Warhol’s characteristic late graphic style as he merges elements of realism with abstraction. Taking a well-known photograph of Kafka, Warhol uses blue hues to flood the sitters face and blue geometric shapes layered on the surface. Set against a stark black backdrop, hand-drawn, crayon-like lines are used to accentuate Kafka’s features, providing the portrait with a graphic quality. Franz Kafka is typical of Warhol’s exploration into the tensions between photographic representation and abstraction through the screen print method.

Displaying a subtlety and sophistication in Warhol’s technical advancement of the screen print method, the abstraction of Kafka’s original photograph charges the portrait with new meaning. Warhol’s use of vivid, flattened colours that allude to the notion of abstraction transport the sitter into from the past into present, working to create a 1980s Pop Art icon.

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