Artist: Andy Warhol (American, 1928 - 1987). Title: "The Star (Greta Garbo as Mata Hari) [poster]". Medium: Color offset lithograph. Date: Composed 1981. Dimensions: Overall size: 33 x 23 1/4 in. (838 x 591 mm). Image size: 23 1/4 x 23 1/4 in. (591 x 591 mm). Lot Note(s): Signed by Warhol in black marker. Edition of 2,000. White wove paper. The full sheet. Fine impression. Good to very good condition. Literature/catalogue raisonne: cf. Feldman/Schellmann II.258. Provenance: Private collection, Sweden, thence to our consignor. Comment(s): This original poster was for the exhibition 'Andy Warhol: Bilder 1961 bis 1981' at the Kestner Gesellschaft museum in Hannover, Germany, which ran from October 23 to December 13, 1981. It features the portrait of Greta Garbo as Mata Hari, an image based on a still from the 1931 movie of the same name, with Garbo wearing elaborate earrings and a headdress. The image was issued as one of the silkscreens in Warhol's famous Myths Portfolio, one of his most sought after collections. Undoubtedly to be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonne of Warhol's non-commissioned posters by Paul Marechal. Image copyright © Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. [27502-5-1200]