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 Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Can you identify this pig?
Posted by Antique Trader Staff

From the latest "Kyle on Antiques" column:

12Pig AT 7-30.jpgQ  This print was removed from an office of a closed-down petroleum company. It is 47 1/2 inches by 34 inches. At the top is printed “Bank by Andy Warhol. Pretty as a pigture, huh?” Though it certainly looks like something Warhol would paint, but I have been unable to find anything about it.
­—H.P., Pampa, Texas

A  I did quite a bit of research online to try and determine if this is based on the artwork of Andy Warhol but didn’t have any luck. Of course, he produced hundreds and hundreds of designs and I couldn’t locate a resource that lists them all. The value of this piece will depend greatly on how scarce it is and whether Warhol actually licensed it as an advertising piece. Of course, original Warhol silk-screens are extremely valuable but huge numbers of reproductions of them are available today at modest prices. My guess is that this isn’t a terribly rare item but perhaps some reader may be able to enlighten us further.

If you can help, please post a reply here.


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