Roseberys’ upcoming June Prints & Multiples Auction is lead by an exceptional mature work by Andy Warhol from his Beethoven series. Created in 1987, the year of Warhol’s death, the screenprint is signed by the Executor of his Estate. Deeply poignant and eerily prescient, this print marks a departure from Warhol’s more commercial themes, offering a powerful meditation on genius, mortality, and legacy. It carries an estimate of £75,000–£100,000.

Lot 215: Andy Warhol, American 1928-1987, Beethoven (F. and S. 392), 1987

Estimate: £75,000 - £100,000

The image is based on Joseph Karl Stieler’s iconic 1820 portrait of Beethoven, held at Beethoven-Haus, Bonn. In both versions, Beethoven is depicted mid-composition, pen in hand, working on the Credo from his Missa solemnis, a work composed while he was profoundly deaf. Stieler places the composer in a tranquil woodland glade, a nod to Beethoven’s love of nature. Warhol, by contrast, surrounds the figure with a dark, indistinct backdrop, reflecting his affinity for artifice. Significantly, the musical score in Warhol’s version shows the Moonlight Sonata, arguably the composer’s most acclaimed work. This late work encapsulates Warhol’s own confrontation with mortality, drawing a profound parallel between the two visionaries.

Lot 223: Roy Lichtenstein, American 1923-1997, Shipboard Girl, 1965

Estimate: £40,000 - £50,000

Also featured is a standout work by Roy Lichtenstein. Shipboard Girl (1965), published by Leo Castelli Gallery, New York, is among Lichtenstein’s earliest depictions of his now-iconic cartoon heroines. The print shows a close-up of a comic-style woman, eyes closed in laughter or bliss. Behind her, the deck of a ship is rendered with Lichtenstein’s signature Ben-Day dots, suggesting sky and sea. The work represents Lichtenstein's ongoing fascination with the depiction of women in popular culture and his appropriations of, and challenges to, representational conventions.

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Lot 35: Salvador Dalí, Spanish 1904-1989, Rhinocéros habillé en dentelles (Rhinoceros dressed in lace)
Estimate: £25,000 - £35,000

A striking Dalí bronze from an edition of 99, cast after the original created between 1954–1956.

Lot 3: William Scott CBE RA, British 1913-1989, Untitled composition from 35 artists, 1982
Estimate: £7,000 - £10,000

William Scott, Untitled Lithograph - A vibrant colour lithograph on Whatman wove paper, signed in pencil. It is an artist’s proof aside from an edition of 50, with a version of the print held in the V&A Collection, London.

Lot 421: Banksy, British b.1974- Bomb love, 2004

Estimate: £35,000 - £45,000

In addition, there are two important signed works by Banksy going under the hammer; Bomb love and Get out while you can, both prints from 2004 just a year after Banksy’s famous 'Pictures on Walls' print shop was set up.