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Sam Sitting by Andy Warhol, 1955, Indian ink and gold leaf on paper, offered Dec 2019© Phillips — view on Phillips website ↗

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Sam Sitting

Andy Warhol (1928–1987) · 1955

Unsold / did not meet reserve

Estimate £10,000 – £15,000 (≈ $13,171 – $19,757) (≈ €11,826 – €17,740)

Offered at Phillips and passed / bought in. Counted in the artist’s sell-through rate; no price, so not in price averages.

Auction history of this work: offered 2 times ↓

Medium
Drawing (ink) · Works on paper all drawing results →
As published: “Indian ink and gold leaf on paper”
Support
Paper
Signed / inscribed
stamped by the Estate of Andy Warhol and the Andy Warhol Foundation for The Visual Arts Inc., New York and numbered 'SKN AR 421.006' on the reverse
Category
Drawings
Dimensions
45.8 x 24.5 cm (18 x 9 5/8 in.)
Auction house
Phillips
Sale
New Now (UK010819)
Date
December 12, 2019
Location
London
Lot
128
Estimate
£10,000 – £15,000 (≈ $13,171 – $19,757) (≈ €11,826 – €17,740)
Source
Auction house phillips.com ↗
Retrieved Sep 27, 2026

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Provenance trail: auction history of this work

Offered twice between 2016 and 2019 · sold 1 · bought in / unsold 1

Catalogue details differ between appearances (date, medium description). Houses often re-measure, translate or re-catalogue a work; compare the entries below.

  1. Sam sitting, Grisebach 2016

    Dec 2, 2016 · Grisebach

    Herbstauktionen 2016: Zeitgenössische Kunst, lot 830

    Sold €15,000Sign up to see · est. €10,000 – €15,000

    As catalogued

    Andy Warhol, “Sam sitting”, Um 1955

    Tusche und Blattgold auf Papier

    45,7 × 24,5 cm

  2. Sam Sitting, Phillips 2019

    Dec 12, 2019 · Phillips this result

    New Now, lot 128

    Bought in / unsold · est. £10,000 – £15,000

    As catalogued

    Andy Warhol, “Sam Sitting”, 1955

    Indian ink and gold leaf on paper

    45.8 x 24.5 cm (18 x 9 5/8 in.)

Appearances are linked when the photographs match and the size, medium and title agree (match confidence 88%). Casts and prints are linked only when the cast or impression number also matches. Price changes compare each sold price with the previous one (in USD at each sale’s exchange rate when the currencies differ). Details are shown as each house published them.

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