Supreme Court Ruling on Warhol’s ‘Prince’ Sparks Global Hunt Among Collectors

Warhol’s silkscreen was off radar for decades until it became the subject of a landmark legal case. ‘Now everyone wants the ‘Prince.’’

Andy Warhol’s ‘Prince’ series is now attracting collector interest after a May Supreme Court ruling. (Andy Warhol, Prince, ca. 1984) The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh

The art world never paid much attention to Andy Warhol’s 1984 silkscreen portraits of the musician Prince. Then the Supreme Court ruled 7-2 last month that one of the works in the series breached a celebrity photographer’s copyright. 

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