Artist: Andy Warhol (American, 1928-1987). Title: Volkswagen from Ads Series, 1985. Limitation: II/X. Signed: Signed and numbered in pencil at lower right. Marks: Publisher (Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, Inc.) and Printer (Rupert Jason Smith) blind stamps at lower left corner. Reference: FS 358. Medium: Color Screenprint on Lenox Museum Board. Sheet Size: 38 in x 38 in (96.3 cm x 96.3 cm). Total edition of 190; apart from the edition are 30 Artist's Proofs, 5 Printer's Proofs, 5 Exhibition Proofs, 10 Hors Commerce, 10 numbered in Roman numerals, 1 BAT, and 30 Trial Proofs. Important note: This piece was offered in the January auction. The high bidder withheld payment until Blackwell demonstrated that the screen print bore the appropriate copyright mark on verso. After some back and forth, we let that bidder know we were going to cancel the sale, then open the back. (If the copyright mark wasn't there, that would have called into question its authenticity. It is was there, then we felt obliged to offer it again at auction with this important confirmation, given the fact that the January bidders didn't have this assurance.) Removing the back revealed that the piece does, in fact, have the appropriate copyright mark under the archival tape used in float-mounting the piece. Please see condition info for additional notes on the mount. This item will need to be shipped by a packing company of your choice. We maintain a list of reliable shippers, or you may choose your own.

Excellent. See images. Mount: The screen print was mounted professionally in the 1990s. There is an archival sheet that covers almost the entire back, about 1-1/2" from the border. It is affixed along the border with wide archival tape, with an additional layer of tape where adhesive was applied to attach the piece to the cloth cover of the lower mat. In order to reveal the copyright mark, the bottom cloth mat was cut (not visibly), revealing the structure of the mounting, which -- while more complicated than a simple hinge mount -- was constructed thus to protect the screen print itself from the mounting adhesive. As far as we can determine from the shallow spot we revealed, the only thing affixed to the back itself is archival tape. Please contact us with any additional questions.