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Banana F.S. II 10, 1966
Screen print on styrene
24 x 53 1/4 in 61 x 135.3 cm
approximately 300; some have a stamped signature, some signed on verso, some stamped AP; some dated
Andy Warhol’s Banana F & S. II 10 created in 1967 features the iconic banana design Warhol originally created for the 1967 debut album The Velvet Underground & Nico. The original album cover included a playful interactive element: a yellow silkscreen banana with a peelable sticker that, when removed, revealed a pink-hued fruit beneath. In Warhol’s Banana F & S. II 10, Warhol revisits this concept, screenprinting the same bright yellow banana onto a sheet of plastic that could also be peeled away—this time revealing a pink fruit underneath, adding a new layer to his original design.Beyond its place in visual art, the banana image is deeply tied to Warhol’s collaborative and performative work in the 1960s. Around the time of Banana F.S II 10’s conceptual roots, Warhol ventured into multimedia with his touring show The Exploding Plastic Inevitable, which spotlighted The Velvet Underground. In 1965, he became the band’s manager and helped secure a recording contract with Verve Records. Warhol designed the cover for their groundbreaking debut album, immortalizing the banana as one of pop culture’s most distinctive symbols.Over time, the banana image became inseparable from Warhol’s legacy—bold, enigmatic, and irreverent. While the true inspiration behind the fruit remains unclear, its status in art and music history is unquestionable. Interestingly, the banana’s notoriety even led to legal disputes: The Velvet Underground sued the Andy Warhol Foundation over the image’s copyright, arguing that the band deserved ownership. Though the suit was unsuccessful, it underscores the banana’s cultural weight and its complex origins within Warhol’s prolific career.For more information on Warhol’s Banana F & S. II 10 or to buy Banana F & S. II 10, contact our galleries using the form below.
Price on Application

Banana · Andy Warhol · Christie's · 2012-05 · $92,500

BANANA (F. & S. II. 10) · Andy Warhol · Sotheby's · 2007-09 · $41,962

Banana (F. & S. II.10) · Andy Warhol · Christie's · 2004-11 · $21,510

Banana · Andy Warhol · Sotheby's · 2016-10 · $20,000

Banana · Andy Warhol · Christie's · 2007-05 · $15,600

Andy Warhol's Banana series represents one of contemporary art's most iconic and commercially significant bodies of work. Created in the 1960s, these screenprints emerged from Warhol's landmark collaboration with The Velvet Underground, establishing him as a leading figure in the Pop Art movement. The series exemplifies Warhol's revolutionary silkscreen technique, which democratized fine art through repetition and mass production principles.
Banana F.S. II 10 and related works from this collection showcase Warhol's mastery of color variation and compositional precision. The banana motif became a cultural phenomenon, blending high art with commercial aesthetics in distinctly Warhollian fashion. These prints demonstrate why Warhol's work commands sustained collector interest and significant market appreciation.
Original screenprints from the Banana series remain highly sought after by serious collectors and institutions worldwide. Their historical importance, combined with proven investment potential, makes them essential acquisitions for those building significant contemporary art collections.
Available works from this series are offered for purchase. Enquire for current availability and authentication details.
Andy Warhol's Banana series is actively collected on the secondary market. Guy Hepner Gallery offers authenticated works from this series with full provenance documentation. Enquire about Banana prints for sale →

Andy Warhol prints for sale and Andy Warhol paintings for sale at Guy Hepner Gallery, New York. Our inventory spans screenprints, silkscreens, and unique works across his most collected series: Marilyn Monroe, Campbell's Soup, Mao, Flowers, Myths, Ads, Cowboys and Indians, Dollar Signs, Cars, and Reigning Queens — all with full provenance and Feldman & Schellmann catalogue raisonné references. We also acquire Warhol. Contact our team for a free valuation.
Andy Warhol (1928–1987) is the defining figure of American Pop Art and the most commercially traded artist of the twentieth century. Born Andrew Warhola in Pittsburgh to Slovak immigrant parents, he rose from commercial illustrator to the architect of a cultural movement that permanently dissolved the boundary between fine art and mass media. His Manhattan studio, The Factory, became the epicentre of New York art and celebrity culture from the early 1960s until his death in February 1987.
Andy Warhol art for sale spans an extraordinary range of subjects, media, and price points — from intimate drawings and unique canvas paintings to large signed editions. His signature subjects include Campbell's Soup Cans, Marilyn Monroe, Mao Zedong, Dollar Signs, Flowers, Reigning Queens, Cowboys and Indians, the Ads portfolio, and the late Cars and Endangered Species series. Each body of work reflects his obsessive engagement with repetition, celebrity, and commodity culture.
The market benchmark for Warhol was set in May 2022 when Shot Sage Blue Marilyn (1964) sold at Christie's New York for $195 million — the highest price ever achieved at auction for an American artwork. Recent print sales confirm sustained institutional demand: Mao editions achieved $4,648,000 each at Christie's in May 2025; Flowers editions achieved $4,076,000 and $3,832,000 at Sotheby's in the same season.
Andy Warhol paintings for sale — unique acrylics and silkscreens on canvas — represent the rarest and most valuable tier of his output. Subjects produced in multiple unique variations include Flowers, Skulls, Shadows, Dollar Signs, and the late Oxidation Paintings. The Rorschach series (1984) and Camouflage works appeal strongly to institutional collectors. Abstract Expressionism paintings from the late 1970s and early 1980s remain undervalued relative to his iconic print series and represent a compelling collecting opportunity.
Andy Warhol paintings require substantial documentation: exhibition history, gallery receipts, and provenance tracing to The Factory or first-generation dealers. Prices range from mid-five figures for works on paper to eight figures for major canvas paintings. Our team can advise on current pricing and condition assessment across all painting categories.
Warhol's screenprints represent the most accessible and widely collected segment of his output. Andy Warhol prints for sale range from early unsigned offset lithographs to hand-signed, numbered editions produced with Castelli Graphics, Factory Editions, and Ronald Feldman Fine Arts. Signed, numbered editions from key series — Marilyn Monroe (1967), Flowers (1970), Mao (1972), Ads (1985), Endangered Species (1983), Cowboys and Indians (1986), and Reigning Queens (1985) — command the strongest collector demand and the deepest secondary market liquidity.
Condition, provenance, and edition size are the critical variables. Works printed on Lenox Museum Board or high-grade rag paper with consistent registration and original colouration are the most desirable. Fading, foxing, or retouching materially affects value.
The Cars portfolio (F.S. II.356–362), produced in 1985 as a commission from Mercedes-Benz to mark the centenary of the automobile, stands among the most refined of Warhol's late print series. Ten screenprints on Lenox Museum Board render historic Mercedes-Benz models in Warhol's characteristic flat colour and photographic silkscreen technique — his iconic commercial sensibility applied to the history of industrial design. Signed and numbered in editions of 100, with separate artist's proofs, the Cars series regularly achieves $25,000–$75,000 per impression and commands significant premiums when offered as complete portfolios.
Warhol's production in the final decade of his life — broadly 1978 to 1987 — encompasses some of his most conceptually ambitious work. The Knives series (1981–82), Guns series (1981–82), and Crosses (1981–82) form a trilogy of loaded American objects rendered in the same neutral Pop vocabulary he had applied to Soup Cans twenty years earlier. The Boots and Dollar Bills paintings sit alongside late unique canvases from the Camouflage series (1986–87) and the haunting Last Supper paintings completed weeks before his death. Works from this period are systematically underrepresented in collector awareness relative to their importance to the broader catalogue and represent genuine long-term collecting opportunities.
Andy Warhol self portrait prints are among the most sought-after works in his catalogue — a subject he returned to from 1966 to 1986. The most collected examples include:
Self portrait prices range from $18,000 for early unsigned screenprints to $400,000+ for the 1978 and 1986 signed works in excellent condition. Authentication requires reference to the Feldman & Schellmann catalogue raisonné and, where applicable, a former Andy Warhol Art Authentication Board certificate.
Guy Hepner actively acquires Andy Warhol prints, paintings, and unique works from private collections. If you are looking to sell Warhol prints or seeking a current market valuation, contact our New York gallery for a confidential, no-obligation assessment. We handle all series including Marilyn, Mao, Flowers, Ads, Cowboys and Indians, Myths, Reigning Queens, and late works. Our team can advise on the most appropriate route to market and current secondary market pricing.
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