Hand signed with black felt-tip pen by Andy Warhol on a real 10.000 lire note, first edition 1976. Numbered and embossed and ink stamp © Andy Warhol. Hologram 'verification of authenticity' on the back. 13,3 x 7,0 cm. With certificate from 'The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts'. The Warhol Lira banknotes are rarer than the dollar bills. All banknotes were in circulation, as the artist wanted. Andy Warhol spent 2 years in Italy with Lucio Amelio, Andy Warhol's art dealer, where the banknotes were also produced at that time. Description of the front: on the left, the portrait of a man by the painter Andrea del Castagno. In the center, the seal of the four Maritime Republics (Amalfi, Genoa, Pisa and Venice). Description on the back: in the center, studded exterior façade with the entrance to the New Jesus Church (Gesù Nuovo) in Naples. On the right, the base of the Obelisk of the Gesù Nuovo in Naples with the value "10000" printed below.