Artist: Andy Warhol (American, 1928 - 1987). Title: "Giant Panda [invitation]". Medium: Color offset lithograph. Date: Composed 1983. Dimensions: Overall size: 6 x 4 in. (152 x 102 mm). Lot Note(s): Signed in black marker, center right. Edition unknown, presumed small. Light cream wove paper. Full margins. Fine impression. Very good condition. Literature/catalogue raisonne: Undoubtedly to be included in the forthcoming revised edition of the catalogue raisonne of Warhol's ephemera by Paul Marechal; cf. Feldman/Schellmann II.295. Comment(s): No auction records located. This rare invitation's image was issued as one of the silkscreens in Warhol's famous 'Endangered Species' portfolio, one of his most sought after series. The invitation is for the opening night exhibition of 'Andy Warhol's Animals: Species at Risk' at the American Museum of Natural History, New York City, Tuesday, April 12, 1983. Image copyright © Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. [28594-1-1200]