Description:
Sterling Silver Necklace, Robert Lee Morris for the Andy Warhol Foundation, c. 2007, designed as two cats, the reverse inscribed "I never met an animal I didn't like," suspended from silver beads, lg. 3, 24 in., signed Andy Warhol, Robert Lee Morris.
Note: This necklace was commissioned by the Andy Warhol foundation on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of Warhol's death. Warhol loved cats, and famously began his collection when he brought home a tomcat named Sam to keep his cat Hester from becoming lonely, and the pair had kittens.
Estimate $200-400
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