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ANDY WARHOL (1928-1987)
Estimate:
$5,000 - $7,500
Sold
$5,600
Timed Auction
The Subculture Sale
Description
Artist or author: ANDY WARHOL (1928-1987)
Title:
The Velvet Underground & Nico.
Description:
Gatefold album, inner sleeve and LP. 317x317 mm, 12½x12½ inches, closed. 1967.
Early pressing and issue signed on front cover by Lou Reed, John Cale, Sterling Morrison, and Maureen Tucker, additionally inscribed by Reed ("To Sal / the very Best!") and Tucker ("To Sal from Moe Tucker"). Banana sticker present, likely peeled and re-affixed. Promotional West Coast mono pressing (V-5008, V/5008), with the "Torso Cover," white and black, "Not for Sale," Verve Records label and original Verve inner sleeve.
Produced by Andy Warhol, The Velvet Underground and Nico is the band's first album, recorded the previous year when they were touring with Warhol's Exploding Plastic Inevitable tour. Warhol's cover, with a removable sticker over a banana, was geared as a selling point, turning the album into a work of art.
Title:
The Velvet Underground & Nico.
Description:
Gatefold album, inner sleeve and LP. 317x317 mm, 12½x12½ inches, closed. 1967.
Early pressing and issue signed on front cover by Lou Reed, John Cale, Sterling Morrison, and Maureen Tucker, additionally inscribed by Reed ("To Sal / the very Best!") and Tucker ("To Sal from Moe Tucker"). Banana sticker present, likely peeled and re-affixed. Promotional West Coast mono pressing (V-5008, V/5008), with the "Torso Cover," white and black, "Not for Sale," Verve Records label and original Verve inner sleeve.
Produced by Andy Warhol, The Velvet Underground and Nico is the band's first album, recorded the previous year when they were touring with Warhol's Exploding Plastic Inevitable tour. Warhol's cover, with a removable sticker over a banana, was geared as a selling point, turning the album into a work of art.
Condition
Unsealed, Emerson's face visible on rear cover, original sleeve present, lacking "D.J. Sample" label from front cover, scattered abrasions to spine of cover with minor loss to text, white label ("NOT FOR SALE") disc in good condition (though untested).
For inquiries about condition, please contact Nicholas D. Lowry, Specialist: posters@swanngalleries.com
For inquiries about condition, please contact Nicholas D. Lowry, Specialist: posters@swanngalleries.com
