This report was prepared by ConfirmArt.com from photograph-based evidence only. No physical inspection, laboratory testing, catalogue raisonne submission, or institutional archive access was available for this assignment. Submitted photographs of two questioned works attributed to Andy Warhol, each showing a large dollar-sign image painted or drawn over a page of the New York Post dated Monday, October 11, 1982. Close detail views of the signatures, painted linework, surface handling, and two submitted certificate or authentication stamps on the reverse or backing areas, identified here as Q1 COA and Q2 COA. Comparative references concerning Andy Warhol's Dollar Sign imagery, print practice,
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Catalogue Notes
The questioned works invoke a real and important Warhol subject: the dollar sign. Warhol returned to money repeatedly throughout his career, and the Dollar Sign works of the early 1980s are among the best-known late images in which the sign itself becomes the subject. Published and auction references describe 1982 Dollar Sign works on canvas, unique screenprints on paper, and unique screenprints on Lenox Museum Board, with signatures, edition information, publisher information, authentication-board numbers, or docu
02
Interrupted and Missing Linework
One of the clearest concerns appears in the handling of the painted contour. In Questioned Work 1, a line that should read as part of a continuing dollar-sign contour appears on the left side but does not continue coherently through the adjacent passage. shows the point at which the visual logic of the contour breaks down.
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Double Lines and Reconstructed Signatures
The signatures raise serious concerns in both questioned works. The issue is not simply that Warhol's signature changed over time. Variation is expected in a real artist's signature.
04
Segmented Paint Handling
Questioned Work 2 shows additional concerns in the painted field. The blue, turquoise, yellow, and white passages do not read as the controlled layering of a screen-derived Warhol dollar sign. Instead, several areas appear patched, stopped, restarted, or filled in by hand without a coherent production logic.
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Certificate and Stamp Concerns
The certificate-like stamps are among the strongest documentary concerns. Each stamp presents itself as an authentication statement, but the wording and format are generic. The stamps contain fields for "Title" and "Print Number" even though the submitted objects are presented as unique painted works on newspaper.
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Double Lines and Reconstructed SignaturesThe signatures raise serious concerns in both questioned works. The issue is not simply that Warhol's signature changed over time.
Authentication evidence
Selected close details from the human review
Description of the DocumentsThis report was prepared by ConfirmArt.com from photograph-based evidence only. No physical inspection, laboratory testing, catalogue raisonne submission, or institutional archive access was available for this assignment.Catalogue NotesThe questioned works invoke a real and important Warhol subject: the dollar sign. Warhol returned to money repeatedly throughout his career, and the Dollar Sign works of the early 1980s are among the best-known late images in which the sign itself becomes the subject.Interrupted and Missing LineworkOne of the clearest concerns appears in the handling of the painted contour. In Questioned Work 1, a line that should read as part of a continuing dollar-sign contour appears on the left side but does not continue coherently through the adjacent passage.Double Lines and Reconstructed SignaturesThe signatures raise serious concerns in both questioned works. The issue is not simply that Warhol's signature changed over time.Segmented Paint HandlingQuestioned Work 2 shows additional concerns in the painted field. The blue, turquoise, yellow, and white passages do not read as the controlled layering of a screen-derived Warhol dollar sign.Certificate and Stamp ConcernsThe certificate-like stamps are among the strongest documentary concerns. Each stamp presents itself as an authentication statement, but the wording and format are generic.
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