Acquired directly from the artist by the previous owner
Thence by descent to the present owner

Ferrara, Palazzo dei Diamanti, Andy Warhol: Ladies and Gentlemen, 1975, illustrated in colour
Venice, Abbazia di San Gregorio, Andy Warhol in Venice,1988, pp.36, 45, illustrated in colour
Tokyo, Isetan Museum of Art; Chiba, Kawamura Museum of Art; Kitakyushu Municipal Museum; Osaka, Daimaru Museum, Pop Muses: Images of Women by Roy Lichtenstein and Andy Warhol, 1991-1992, illustrated in colour

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although the overall tonality is brighter and more vibrant in the original, with the red of the background tending more to London bus red and the brown of the figure's skin a lighter hue. Condition: This work is in very good condition. There is a faint stretcher mark running parallel to the four extreme edges. There are several fine tension cracks to all four extreme overturn edges as well as a few scattered ones along the stretcher mark. Some light wear can be noticed upon close inspection to the four extreme corner tips, with some minute associated specks of media loss as well as to the edges. There is a matrix of very fine craquelure beneath the left eye and a further crack above the eye. There is a small paint loss to the left side edge, approximately 50cm up form the lower left corner.No restoration is apparent when examined under ultraviolet light.
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"It's hard work to look lik🅺e the complete opposite of what nature made you and then be an imitation woman of what was only a fantast woman in the f🍃irst place." Andy Warhol