Description
Various Artists
Art Cash
The double-sided offset lithograph printed in colours, 1971, a collaborative work by Andy Warhol, Bob Whitman, Robert Rauschenberg, Tom Gormley, Red Grooms and Marisol, signed in pencil by all of the artists, Warhol stamp signed, numbered from the edition of 75, printed by the American Bank Note Company, published by Experiments in Art and Technology, Inc., New York, on US bank note paper, the full sheet, 699 x 559mm., 27 ½ x 22in; with a single Andy Warhol Ones note, presumably one of those used at the event in 1971, the full sheet 67 x 155mm., 2 5/8 x 6 ¼ in.
Art Cash was created by members of the non-profit Experiments in Art and Technology, Inc., for a fundraising gambling event. They approached the American Bank Note Company, who at the time provided the paper for the United States Treasury Department, and aside from the anti-forgery threading the paper used for ART Cash is exactly the same as that used for the U.S. currency at the time. The majority of the sheets were cut up to use at the event, with 75 complete sheets being held back for sale at the event.
Description
Various Artists
Art Cash
The double-sided offset lithograph printed in colours, 1971, a collaborative work by Andy Warhol, Bob Whitman, Robert Rauschenberg, Tom Gormley, Red Grooms and Marisol, signed in pencil by all of the artists, Warhol stamp signed, numbered from the edition of 75, printed by the American Bank Note Company, published by Experiments in Art and Technology, Inc., New York, on US bank note paper, the full sheet, 699 x 559mm., 27 ½ x 22in; with a single Andy Warhol Ones note, presumably one of those used at the event in 1971, the full sheet 67 x 155mm., 2 5/8 x 6 ¼ in.
Art Cash was created by members of the non-profit Experiments in Art and Technology, Inc., for a fundraising gambling event. They approached the American Bank Note Company, who at the time provided the paper for the United States Treasury Department, and aside from the anti-forgery threading the paper used for ART Cash is exactly the same as that used for the U.S. currency at the time. The majority of the sheets were cut up to use at the event, with 75 complete sheets being held back for sale at the event.
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