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Bonhams To Auction Warhol, Richard Hamilton, and Basquiat in London

artwork: Richard Hamilton's famous Swingeing London painting shows Rolling Stone Mick Jagger in the back of a police car in the late 60's at Bonhams, London "Release" - Hamiltons's depiction of the arrest of Mick Jagger and art dealer, Robert Fraser, for possession of drugs It is estimated at £15,000-20,000.


LONDON.- Two trial proofs for Andy Warhol’s iconic image of a dollar sign are for sale at Bonhams Print sale on 29 November in London. The signed prints, estimated at between £15,000- 20,000, date from 1982 – just five years before the artist untimely death – and are based on paintings executed the year before. They are among the most obvious representations of the link he often drew between art and money, underlined by the high prices paid for them by collectors at the time and ever since. Other works by Warhol in the sale include a fine “Campbell’s Soup 1: Pepper Pot” (est £7,000-10,000); ‘Mao’ at £15,000-20,000 and ‘Skull’ at £10,000-15,000. The Bonhams sale itself takes place on Tuesday 29 November.