1984
Edition Size: Edition of 300, 50 AP, 6 PP which are trial proof variations, signed and numbered in pencil in lower left. Some prints were also signed by Wayne Gretzky.
Image Size: 40 x 32 inches
Sheet Size: 40 x 32 inches
Reference: (FS II.306)
Signed
Condition: Excellent
Warhol created his piece Wayne Gretzky 306, a print of hockey’s “The Great One,” in 1984 to help draw attention to the Canadian art market. Though Andy Warhol was not a big hockey fan, he said of Gretzky “He’s more than a hockey player, he’s an entertainer” (Warhol in an interview with Matthew Flamm for CBC Radio News, January 1983). Wayne Gretzky was Canada’s biggest celebrity in the early eighties. He is still considered by many as the greatest player of the game.
$28,000.00
Andy Warhol was born in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania on August 6th 1928. His original name was Andrew Warhola. He studied at the Carnegie Institute of Technology from 1945 to 1949, before moving to New York where he worked as a commercial artist.
