00:00The Andy Warhol portrait of Princess Diana
00:02is one of the absolute highlights of our sale.
00:06It is from a very small series.
00:08There are only four works that Andy did of Princess Diana,
00:12so it's a very rare occasion to showcase this here in London
00:15and to be offering for sale.
00:17Andy Warhol created this work in 1982.
00:20That was shortly after Princess Diana got married to Prince Charles at the time.
00:25And he took as the source photograph the original engagement photograph by Lord Snowden.
00:31But in his way, he maneuvered the image.
00:35He cropped in.
00:37He actually removed Prince Charles, who was standing behind her.
00:41Andy used four colorways to create the small series of Princess Diana paintings.
00:46There's the blue, of course, a purple, a pink, and a light green.
00:49We've estimated the portrait of Princess Diana at 1.2 to 1.8 million pounds.
00:55And it's very rare that one of her works appears at auction.
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