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- Wayne Gretzky with the Torch
- Wayne Gretzky with the Torch
- Wayne Gretzky Lighting the
   Cauldron

About the Work: In 1983 Frans Wynans commissioned Andy Warhol to create six original paintings and 300 limited edition prints of the "Great Gretzky". Each screenprint, 40" x 32", is a signed original bearing the signatures of both Warhol and Gretzky. The prints were released in 1984 at a retail price of $1,500 and the paintings at $25,000.

Done in Warhols famous trademark style, the portrait of Gretzky is disarmingly direct and powerfully simple.

Unveiling of the Work
Pictures from the Ceremony