Dutch Town Hall Accidentally Throws Out Andy Warhol Portrait Worth $17,000

Art made by Pa. icon ‘accidentally taken away with the trash’

Almost 50 pieces of art by Andy Warhol were accidentally thrown out by a Dutch municipality.

The municipality of Maashorst realized at the end of 2024 that it had inadvertently lost about 50 works, including a screenprint by the American artist. The investigators arrived a few days ago at the conclusion that it had probably been thrown away.

Dutch town hall says it may have accidentally thrown out Andy Warhol work

Though Andy Warhol famously created art from garbage cans, he may not have expected his works to end up in the trash.

Warhol artwork was 'probably' binned during Dutch town hall renovation

Maashorst municipality acknowledges that results of the investigation into the missing Andy Warhol artworks kills any hope of ever finding them again.

ThePatriotLight - Bungling council workers BIN valuable 1980s Andy Warhol print and 45 other artworks during clear-out

ThePatriotLight - TOWN hall bunglers are in the soup for dumping a valuable Andy Warhol print during a clear-out.They are thought to have put the 1980s silkscreen print of Queen Beatrix in the trash along with 45 other artworks during a building renovation.It is unlikely any of the discarded pictures, together worth nearly £20,000, will be recovered.Hans van der Pas, mayor of the Maashorst municipality in the Netherlands, said: “That’s not how y…

Bungling council workers BIN Warhol print & other artworks during clear-out

TOWN hall bunglers are in the soup for dumping a valuable Andy Warhol print during a clear-out. They are thought to have put the 1980s silkscreen print of Queen Beatrix in the trash along with 45 other artworks during a building renovation. It is unlikely any of the discarded pictures, together worth nearly £20,000, will be recovered. Hans van der Pas, mayor of the Maashorst municipality in the Netherlands, said: “That’s not how you treat valuab…