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Andy Warhol Plains Indian Shield F.S. II 382, from Cowboys and Indians For Sale

Andy Warhol
Andy Warhol - Plains Indian Shield F.S. II 382, from Cowboys and Indians, 1986, Screen print on Lenox Museum Board

Plains Indian Shield F.S. II 382, from Cowboys and Indians, 1986

Screen print on Lenox Museum Board

36 x 36 in 91.4 x 91.4 cm

Edition

Edition of 250 plus 50 AP, 15 PP, 15 HC, 10 numbered in Roman Numerals, 36 TP

About this work

Andy Warhol, the iconic figure of the 20th-century art scene, is renowned for his unique approach to art, which often blurred the lines between high and popular culture. Among his vast body of work, one of the most intriguing series is his Cowboys and Indians collection. Within this series, Warhol delved into the imagery of the American West, exploring the mythology and iconography associated with cowboys and Native Americans.One standout piece from this collection is Warhol's interpretation of the Plains Indian shield. In this print, Warhol takes a traditional symbol of Native American culture and transforms it through his distinctive pop art lens. The Plains Indian shield, historically significant for its use in battles and ceremonies among various tribes of the Great Plains, becomes a vibrant and visually striking motif under Warhol's hand.Warhol's depiction of the Plains Indian shield is characterized by bold colors, sharp lines, and a sense of repetition. He often employed techniques such as silk screening to create multiple iterations of the same image, lending a mass-produced quality to his work. This approach not only mirrored the consumer culture prevalent in America but also challenged the notion of originality and authenticity in art.Through his reinterpretation of the Plains Indian shield, Warhol raises questions about cultural appropriation, identity, and the commodification of symbols. By taking a symbol with deep cultural significance and placing it within the context of consumerist art, Warhol prompts viewers to reconsider their perceptions of Native American heritage and the ways in which it has been represented and consumed in mainstream culture.Moreover, Warhol's exploration of Native American imagery within the Cowboys and Indians series can be seen as a commentary on the romanticized myths surrounding the American West. By juxtaposing images of cowboys and Native Americans, Warhol highlights the complex and often fraught relationship between these two cultural identities, as well as the broader issues of colonization and cultural assimilation.In essence, Andy Warhol's Plains Indian shield print from the Cowboys and Indians series serves as a compelling example of his ability to challenge conventions and provoke thought through his art. By reimagining familiar symbols in unexpected ways, Warhol invites viewers to reconsider their understanding of culture, history, and representation in contemporary society.

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Auction History

Andy Warhol - Plains Indian Shield (from the Cowboys and Indians series)

Plains Indian Shield (from the Cowboys and Indians series) · Andy Warhol · Rago · 2022-02 · $40,000

Andy Warhol - Plains Indian Shield, from Cowboys and Indians

Plains Indian Shield, from Cowboys and Indians · Andy Warhol · Heritage Auctions · 2022-10 · $35,000

Andy Warhol - Plains Indian Shield (from the Cowboys and Indians series)

Plains Indian Shield (from the Cowboys and Indians series) · Andy Warhol · Wright · 2025-04 · $33,020

Andy Warhol - Plains Indian Shield, from Cowboys and Indians

Plains Indian Shield, from Cowboys and Indians · Andy Warhol · Sotheby's · 2022-10 · $32,760

Andy Warhol - Plains Indian Shield, and Cowboys and Indians

Plains Indian Shield, and Cowboys and Indians · Andy Warhol · Heritage Auctions · 2025-10 · $30,000

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About the Cowboys and Indians Series

Cowboys and Indians for Sale

Andy Warhol's Cowboys and Indians (1986) stands as one of the most poignant and historically charged portfolios in the artist's entire body of work — and the most significant he completed before his sudden death in February 1987. Comprising ten screenprints catalogued as FS II.371–380, this series is among the most sought-after Warhol portfolios on the secondary market today.

The portfolio brings together icons of the American West in Warhol's signature flat, high-contrast style: Annie Oakley, General Custer, Sitting Bull, John Wayne, Teddy Roosevelt, the Northwest Coast Mask, War Bonnet Indian, Kachina Doll, and Mother and Child. The juxtaposition is deliberate — Hollywood legends share the same visual language as Native American cultural figures, collapsing the mythologised West into a single, unified pop statement.

Edition Information

The standard portfolio was published in an edition of 250, with additional printer's proofs and artist's proofs. Each print measures 36 × 36 inches, printed on Lenox Museum Board. The portfolio was published by George C. P. Munn and Samuel J. Wagstaff Jr. and printed by Rupert Jasen Smith, New York.

Market Context

As the last completed portfolio before Warhol's death, Cowboys and Indians carries exceptional art-historical weight. Collector demand has remained consistently strong, with individual prints and complete portfolios regularly appearing at Christie's, Sotheby's, and Phillips. Complete portfolios in fine condition are increasingly rare on the open market. Individual images — particularly John Wayne and Sitting Bull — command a significant premium due to their iconic imagery and crossover appeal to both Warhol collectors and Americana enthusiasts.

Collector Note

For serious Warhol collectors, Cowboys and Indians represents a genuine endpoint — the final sustained creative statement from an artist at the height of his cultural influence. Acquiring individual prints or the complete portfolio is both an aesthetic and historical investment. Guy Hepner Gallery maintains a curated selection of Cowboys and Indians prints for sale, offering works with full provenance and condition reports. Contact us to enquire about current availability.

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Plains Indian Shield F.S. II 382, from Cowboys and Indians

About Andy Warhol

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

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

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.

Andy Warhol Prints For Sale

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.

Andy Warhol Cars Prints For Sale

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.

Andy Warhol Late Paintings and Works on Paper

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 For Sale

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 F.S. II.7 (1966) — the iconic fist-to-chin composition in vivid Pop colourways
  • Self Portrait F.S. II.12–22 (1978) — nine large-format prints; auction results regularly $80,000–$250,000
  • Self Portrait with Fright Wig (1986) — produced a year before his death; widely regarded as his definitive late statement
  • Camouflage Self Portrait F.S. II.316 (1986) — the artist dissolved into his own imagery

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.

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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.

Interested in adding Andy Warhol to your collection? Contact our team to discuss available inventory, provenance documentation, and pricing guidance tailored to your collecting goals.

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