Artist: Andy Warhol (American, 1928 - 1987). Title: "One Multicolored Marilyn #1". Medium: Color offset lithograph. Date: Composed 1986. Dimensions: Overall size: 9 7/8 x 8 3/8 in. (251 x 213 mm). Lot Note(s): Signed in black felt tip pen, lower margin. Edition unknown, presumed very small. Cream wove smooth paper. Wide margins. Fine impression. Good condition with a few handling dimples. Literature/catalogue raisonne: cf. Feldman/Schellmann IIIA.3[a]. Comment(s): Rare. Issued to promote the 'Multicolored Marilyns Reversal Series' exhibition at the Akira Ikeda Gallery, Tokyo, Japan. The show consisted of 12 separate images of Marilyn. Apparently there were very small quantities of this lithograph printed for distribution at the opening night reception and they went quickly. The reception was held on December 5th, 1986 and the exhibition ran from December 6th to 25th. Printed by Takada Printing Co. Image copyright © Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. [28812-2-600]