Hand signed with black felt-tip pen by Andy Warhol on a real 50.000 lire note, first edition 1984. Numbered and embossed and ink stamp © Andy Warhol. Hologram 'verification of authenticity' on the back. 14,9 x 7 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. Info banknote: front: portrait of the Italian painter, sculptor and architect Gian Lorenzo Bernini; back: equestrian statue created by the artist and a view of the interior of St. Peter's Basilica in Rome in the Vatican.