DALLAS, TX.- The burgeoning desirability of art prints and multiples became that much clearer as Heritage’s October 26 Prints & Multiples Signature® Auction brought in $2,531,131 for the popular category. Andy Warhol, Helen Frankenthaler, David Hockney and Yayoi Kusama saw record auction prices for the kind of editioned works that artists have turned to again and again to refine their approaches to art making.

"The prices for Pop Art, portraiture, and figurative works are up," said Rebecca Van Norman, Heritage's Director of Prints and Multiples. "Clients and buyers were worried about the market with inflation and the possibility of a looming recession, but the art market demonstrated its resilience today — our market is stronger than ever."

Among Andy Warhol’s most successful images is his signature rendering of the original superstar, Marilyn Monroe. His classic Marilyn Monroe silkscreen from his original late-1960s run sold for $137,500, surpassing its previous auction record.

"Marilyn is one of Andy Warhol’s most coveted images, and today Heritage broke the record for the silver version of Marilyn. Indeed, no auction house in the world elicits stronger prices overall for quality prints and multiples than we do," added Van Norman.

Another auction record for Warhol: the artist’s Indian Head Nicklescreenprint from his 1986 Cowboys and Indians series, which sold for $75,000. And Warhol’s beloved 1970 Flowers silkscreen went for an impressive $106,250.

Warhol’s Flowers wasn’t the only collectible bloom in this event. The ever-popular Yayoi Kusama’s star continues to shine as her color lithograph Flowers from 2002 was another record-breaker at $60,000.

Gorgeous editioned works by Helen Frankenthaler, whose profile as a master printmaker continues to rise amongst avid fans and collectors of the form, brought in auction records for the artist: Her etching-and-aquatint triptych from 1988, Gateway, sold for $106,250, and her Tales of Genji IVwoodcut (from Tales of Genji, 1998) brought in a record $93,750.

David Hockey’s Pembroke Studio with Blue Chairs and Lamp lithograph from 1984 broke an auction record for the picture when the hammer came down at an impressive $24,375. Another impressive price for Hockney: His Number One Chairlithograph and etching (from Moving Focus, 1985-86) sold for $32,500.

Other well-performing lots from the auction include Roy Lichtenstein’s ultra-charming five-panel screenprint of an interior, Wallpaper with Blue Floor Interior, from 1992, which sold for $57,500, and Robert Longo’s 1984 lithograph Gretchen, from his iconic Men in the Cities series, which sold for $50,000.

Overall, Heritage presented a lavish selection of nearly 150 works by artists whose mastery of printmaking and working in multiples has distinguished their careers. As seasoned collectors continue to invest in the prints of their favorite artists — who often made some of their most innovative and distinctive work in editioned form — new collectors find the liveliness and accessibility of prints irresistible.