Artist: Andy Warhol (American, 1928 - 1987). Title: "100 Cans [poster]". Medium: Color offset lithograph. Date: Composed 1978. Dimensions: Overall size: 33 x 24 in. (838 x 610 mm). Image size: 29 7/8 x 21 7/8 in. (759 x 556 mm). Lot Note(s): Signed in black marker, lower right. Edition size unspecified, presumed very small. Light cream wove paper. The full sheet. Very good impression. Very good condition. Comment(s): A very scarce/rare poster. According to ‘Gordon’s Art Reference’ the auction record for another impression of this poster (signed) is $5,120 at Swann Auction Galleries, New York City, 8/6/2014, lot #498. To the best of our knowledge this is the only lifetime printing of this iconic image in poster format. It was printed by the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, N.Y. (the owner of the painting) and other printings were all created after Warhol's death. Presumably to be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonne of Warhol's non-commissioned posters by Paul Marechal. Printed in 1978 for Haddad's Fine Arts, Anaheim, California. Image copyright © Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. [28400-6-2400]