Andy Warhol
Keith Haring's Pop Shop
1986

Name: Keith Haring's Pop Shop
Brand: Andy Warhol
Price: 18000 USD
Availability: InStock

About the Item

Keith Haring opened his Pop Shop in the Soho district of New York in 1986, selling t-shirts and novelty items at affordable prices. "I wanted to continue this same sort of communication as with the subway drawings. ... I wanted it to be a place where, yes, not only collectors could come, but also kids from the Bronx," Haring said. Keith Haring was an American artist and activist known for his iconic paintings and street art. He began to attract widespread attention with his spontaneous subway drawings after moving to New York City in the late 1970s. His later work often addressed political and social issues, especially homosexuality and AIDS. Work comes with an authentication letter from the Andy Warhol Authentication Board, Inc. Stamped on verso by the Andy Warhol Art Authentication Board. Provenance: The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts to Anthony D'Offay, London The work was purchased from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts and comes directly from The Estate of the Artist and London dealer Anthony d'Offay.

Creator:

Andy Warhol (1928 - 1987, American)

Creation Year:

1986

Dimensions:

Height: 10 in (25.4 cm)Width: 8 in (20.32 cm)

Medium:

Silver Gelatin

Movement & Style:

Pop Art

Period:

1980-1989

Condition:

Gallery Location:

Santa Monica, CA

Reference Number:

1stDibs: LU90636958652

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Andy Warhol

The name of American artist Andy Warhol is all but synonymous with Pop art, the movement he helped shape in the 1960s. He was phenomenally prolific, and the archive of original photography, prints, drawings, paintings and other art that he left behind is beyond vast.

Andy Warhol is known for his clever appropriation of motifs and images from popular advertising and commercials, which he integrated into graphic, vibrant works that utilized mass-production technologies such as printmaking, photography and silkscreening. Later in his career, Warhol expanded his oeuvre to include other forms of media, founding Interview magazine and producing fashion shoots and films on-site at the Factory, his world-famous studio in New York.

Born and educated in in Pittsburgh, Warhol moved to New York City in 1949 and built a successful career as a commercial illustrator. Although he made whimsical drawings as a hobby during these years, his career as a fine artist began in the mid-1950s with ink-blot drawings and hand-drawn silkscreens. The 1955 lithograph You Can Lead a Shoe to Water illustrates how he incorporated in his artwork advertising styles and techniques, in this case shoe commercials.

As a child, Warhol was often sick and spent much of his time in bed, where he would make sketches and put together collections of movie-star photographs. He described this period as formative in terms of his skills and interests. Indeed, Warhol remained obsessed with celebrities throughout his career, often producing series devoted to a famous face or an object from the popular culture, such as Chairman Mao or Campbell’s tomato soup. The 1967 silkscreen Marilyn 25 embodies his love of bright color and famous subjects.

Warhol was a prominent cultural figure in New York during the 1960s, ’70s and ’80s. The Factory was a gathering place for the era’s celebrities, writers, drag queens and fellow artists, and collaboration was common. To this day, Warhol remains one of the most important artists of the 20th century and continues to exert influence on contemporary creators.

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