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Art For Sale
Artist: Andy Warhol
Artist: Pierre Fix-Masseau
Drawing of a Boy / Butterflies
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Andy Warhol (1928-1987) is maybe the most influential and valuable American artist of the 20th century. While he is renowned for his iconic Pop art portraits, Caviar20 has been exploring and offering his inimitable works on paper from the 1950's. We believe this is an important, and for the time being, accessible and under-appreciated part of his legacy. During the 1950's Warhol established his reputation in New York City as an illustrator for numerous fashion publications and businesses. His succinct line drawings were modern and gentle, realized with a brave yet delicate gay sensibility. The images he created "off the clock" from his fashion commissions were romantic sketches, day-dreams of crushes, hunks and friends. His 1956 exhibition, Studies for a Boy Book...
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1950s Pop Art Art

Materials

Ink, Paper

Pierre Fix-Masseau-Exactitude-40" x 25"-Lithograph-1982-Vintage-Black, Brown
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Reproduction in lithography of Fix-Masseau Exactitude. Copyrighted 1982 Studio Editions. Printed in France by Bedos on heavy linen like paper.
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20th Century Art Deco Art

Materials

Lithograph

John Cale and Lou Reed at the Ocean Club
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Double exposure photograph taken by Andy Warhol of John Cale and Lou Reed, formerly of the Velvet Underground, together at the Ocean Club in New York City in...
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1970s Pop Art Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Paige Powell & Billy Boy
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This work is unique. Stamped on the reverse by Andy Warhol Authentication Board. Foundation number also on verso. The work comes with an Authentication Letter from the Andy Warhol Au...
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Late 20th Century Pop Art Art

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Silver Gelatin

Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A photograph by Andy Warhol. "Yves Saint Laurent" is a Polaroid, Polacolor by pop artist Andy Warhol. The work is numbered FA05.08589 and AWL021. Andy Warhol — who famously said that...
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Mid-20th Century Pop Art Art

Materials

Polaroid

Paul Anka
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Paul Anka is a popular singer and songwriter known for such hits as Put Your Head on My Shoulder, Diana, and She's a Lady, recorded by Tom Jones. Image dimensions: 4.25 x 3.375 in. ...
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1970s Pop Art Art

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Polaroid

Yoko Ono & Sean Lennon
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This work is unique. Stamped on the reverse by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Foundation number also on verso. The work comes with an Authentication Letter from the ...
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Late 20th Century Pop Art Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Photograph of Robin Williams at a Thrift Store in the Village
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Robin Williams thrift-store shopping in the Village, April 17, 1979, photographed by Andy Warhol. Illustrated in The Andy Warhol Diaries by Andy Warhol. Edited by Pat Hackett, Warner Books, 1991. Beginning his career in stand-up, Robin Williams made it big in the late 1970s co-starring in the comedy series Mork & Mindy. He went on to have a successful career starring in films like Popye, Good Morning, Vietnam, Dead Poets Society, Mrs. Doubtfire, and Good Will Hunting...
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1970s Pop Art Art

Materials

Photographic Paper

Francesco Clemente at Cafe Roma
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Illustrated in The Andy Warhol Diaries by Andy Warhol. Edited by Pat Hackett, Warner Books, 1991. This is a unique work. Image dimensions: 8 x 10 in. Framed dimensions: 16.125 x 18....
Category

1980s Pop Art Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Andy Warhol Getting Cast of Face for the Lewis Allen "No Man Show" Robot
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This is a unique work. Dated 'Dec 9 1980' (on the reverse). Stamped on verso by The Estate of Andy Warhol and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Annotated with Foundatio...
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1980s Pop Art Art

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Silver Gelatin

Andy Warhol, Lincoln Center Ticket, 1967
Located in London, GB
Andy Warhol, Lincoln Center Ticket, 1967 Andy Warhol was a leading figure in the Pop Art movement. Like his contemporaries Roy Lichtenstein and ...
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20th Century Pop Art Art

Materials

Screen

Diana Vreeland Wearing a Cowboy Hat
Located in Santa Monica, CA
February 25, 1978 - Dinner for Cecil Beaton at Diana Vreeland's with Peter Beard, Diana Vreeland, Carole Bouquet, Cecil Beaton and others. As Editor-in-Chief, Diana Vreeland brought...
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1970s Pop Art Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Polaroid of Andy Warhol Painting
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This work is unique. Polaroid dimensions: 4.25 x 3.5 in Provenance: Gift of the artist, to the personal collection of Ronnie Cutrone to the current owner Work comes with a certifi...
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1980s Pop Art Art

Materials

Polaroid

Farrah Fawcett
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Two photographs by Andy Warhol. "Farrah Fawcett" is a set of two Polaroids, Polacolor by pop artist Andy Warhol. The work is numbered FA04.03290, FA04.0...
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Mid-20th Century Pop Art Art

Materials

Polaroid

Self-Portrait with Camera (diptych)
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A photograph by Andy Warhol. "Self-Portrait with Camera (diptych)" is a Polaroid, Polacolor by pop American artist Andy Warhol. It. is numbered AWL228. The artwork is stamped on the ...
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Late 20th Century Pop Art Art

Materials

Polaroid

David Byrne
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This is a unique work. Dated "SEP 21 1982" on the verso. Stamped on verso by The Estate of Andy Warhol and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Annotated with Foundation i...
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1980s Pop Art Art

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Silver Gelatin

Jon Gould & Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This work is unique. Stamped on the reverse by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Foundation number also on verso. The work comes with an Authentication Letter from the ...
Category

Late 20th Century Pop Art Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Pat Hackett Peeling a Banana
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Pat Hackett is a writer and editor, as well as a frequent collaborator, friend, and confidante of Andy Warhol. She edited and wrote the introduction to The...
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1980s Pop Art Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Andy Warhol, "Tattooed Woman", lithograph
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This piece is an offset lithograph in orange on green paper created by Andy Warhol circa 1955. Warhol used this piece as a business calling card in...
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1950s Pop Art Art

Materials

Lithograph

Grace Jones and Maria Shriver
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Photograph of Grace Jones with Maria Shriver at her wedding to Arnold Schwarzenegger in Hyannis Port, Maine in April 1986, taken by Andy Warhol. Maria ...
Category

1980s Pop Art Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Polaroid of Linda Blair
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Linda Blair starred in the 1973 horror film The Exorcist, one of the highest-grossing films of all time, when she was fifteen years old, and was nominated ...
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1970s Pop Art Art

Materials

Polaroid

Salade de Alf Landon, from Wild Raspberries
Located in London, GB
Offset lithograph with hand-colouring, 1959, on wove paper, from the edition of unknown size, with the offset lithograph ‘Sheep’s Trotter Poulette’ printed in black on the reverse as issued, with the inkstamps of The Estate of Andy Warhol and Andy Warhol Foundation for the visual Arts on the reverse, 44.3 x 57 cm. This work was part of an unbound set of works kept by The Warhol Estate and comes directly from the Estate. ‘Wild Raspberries’, circa 1959, is a portfolio of uniquely hand-coloured offset lithographs displaying Warhol’s signature...
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1950s Pop Art Art

Materials

Lithograph, Ink, Offset

Paloma Picasso
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A photograph by Andy Warhol. "Paloma Picasso" is a Polaroid, Polacolor by American pop artist Andy Warhol. It is signed at the lower middle by Paloma Picasso as, "P.P.". The artwork ...
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Mid-20th Century Pop Art Art

Materials

Polaroid

Flash portfolio colophon page, JFK Assassination silkscreen (Hand signed)
Located in New York, NY
Andy Warhol Flash portfolio colophon pages, JFK Assassination, 1968 2 Separate Silkscreens: (1) Silkscreen text on paper and teletype text; (2) colophon sheet in pencil and numbered XVII (from the edition of 26 (roman numerals) Hand-signed by artist, two silkscreen prints; the colophon sheet is hand signed by Andy Warhol; no signature on sheet with teletype 21 1/2 × 21 1/2 inches Unframed Note: measurements are for each sheet Catalogue Raisonne Reference: FS II.32-42 (not illustrated) Silkscreened colophon sheet of the edition XVII of the iconic "Flash" Portfolio; hand signed and uniquely numbered by Andy Warhol, plus silkscreened print with teletype text. These two prints from Warhol's iconic "Flash Portfolio" were selected for inclusion in the blockbuster Andy Warhol retrospective at the Whitney Museum in 2019. (see photos). The plaque on the Whitney exhibition (also see included photo) describes the portfolio as follows:" These screenprints reflect Warhol's ongoing interest in the Kennedy assassination, an obsession that intensified following the release of the Warren Commission report and the publication of stills from a short home movie of the event, published by bystander Abraham Zapruder. Flash - November 22, 1963 is an unbound Artists Book with text based upon the original Associated Press newswire bulletins. For his illustrations, Warhol appropriated the recurring image of Kennedy from a 1960 campaign poster, and sourced the remaining photographs, including pictures of Lee Harvey Oswald and an ad for the type of rifle used, from Life's [Magazine] sustained coverage of the assassination and its aftermath.." The present sheet begins with the following teletyped text: "THE TWO WOUNDED MEN WERE RUSHED TO EMERGENCY ROOMS, AND THE HOSPITAL'S PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEM RANG WITH CALLS FOR ALL STAFF DOCTORS. FLASH DALLAS - TWO PRIESTS SUMMONED TO KENNEDY X IN EMERGENCY ROOM BULLETIN 3RD ADD 2ND LEAD KENNEDY XX DOCTORS TWO PRIESTS ENTERED THE EMERGENCY ROOM WHERE THE PRESIDENT WAS BEING TREATED AT 12:49 P.M. (CST). THERE WAS STILL NO OFFICIAL WORD ON THE PRESIDENT'S CONDITION. ASSISTANT WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY MALCOLM XXX KILDUFF SAID "I JUST CAN'T SAY. I JUST CAN'T SAY." FLASH -- PRIESTS SAY KENNEDY DEAD. .""" (the text on the page continues; this is just a partial excerpt.) Racolin Press, Briarcliff Manor, New York Two Andy Warhol silkscreens on white wove paper comprising the signed colophon and text pages of his iconic 1968 "Flash" Portfolio, as well as Warhol's wraparound silkscreen of the distinctive teletype text. The colophon page silkscreen is hand signed by Andy Warhol and uniquely numbered XVII in pencil from the edition of 26, which, it expressly states, was not for sale. The second silkscreen sheet features teletype print describing events surrounding the assassination of President John F. Kennedy - the defining event of a generation as contemporaneously re-imagined by the most important Pop artist of the era. Warhol created the "Flash - November 22, 1963" portfolio of prints in 1968 to depict the continuing media spectacle surrounding JFK's assassination. He named the portfolio after the news flash Teletype texts that reported the assassination and its aftermath - the first major news event played out live on TV. The Flash portfolio includes a series of eleven silkscreens depicting President Kennedy smiling broadly, a presidential seal with bullet holes through it, and other symbolic representations of that tragedy. The portfolio's cover includes an image of the New York World-Telegram front page with the headline "President Shot Dead." Warhol used screen printed...
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1960s Pop Art Art

Materials

Screen, Pencil

Andy Warhol, Photograph with Farrah Fawcett circa 1979
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Farrah Fawcett was an American actress and model, best known for her role on Charlie's Angels and her iconic feathered hairstyle, which became a fad in the 1970s. Image dimensions:...
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1970s Pop Art Art

Materials

Photographic Paper

Ozzy Osbourne and Andy Warhol
Located in Belgravia, London, London
Unique Gelatin Silver Print Paper size: 8 x 10 inches Framed size: 23.75 x 25.25 inches Provenance: Private collection, New York This work originates from the Estate of Andy Warhol, and thence, the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. This work comes with a certificate of provenance and an entry into the Catalogue Raisonne held by the Warhol Foundation.
Category

20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Halston in Kitchen
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Roy Halston Frowick, known as Halston, was a fashion designer whose aesthetic made an impact on 1970s disco culture. Through design, art, fame, and nightlife, Halston and Warhol beca...
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1980s Pop Art Art

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Silver Gelatin

Color Polaroid ‘Sex Parts and Torsos’ by Andy Warhol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This work is unique. Provenance: Fred Torres Collaborations, Jablonka Galerie. All pricing subject to change. Prior to purchase, please confirm current retail pricing and all other r...
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1970s Pop Art Art

Materials

Polaroid

Self-Portrait
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A photograph by Andy Warhol. "Self-Portrait" is a Polaroid, Polacolor by American pop artist Andy Warhol. The artwork is numbered FA01.00028 and AWL227. The artwork is embossed lower...
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Late 20th Century Pop Art Art

Materials

Polaroid

Union Square
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Union Square" is a Pop art silver gelatin print landscape photograph by Andy Warhol in 1982. The artwork is 8 x 10 inches and, with the frame, is 19 x 19 x 1 1/2 inches. Andy Warho...
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20th Century Pop Art Art

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Silver Gelatin

Untitled from In the Bottom of My Garden (Plate 1)
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Andy Warhol Title: Untitled (Plate 1) Portfolio: 1956 In the Bottom of My Garden Medium: Offset lithograph and watercolor on paper Date: 1956 Sheet Size: 8 1/2" x 11" Signatu...
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1950s Pop Art Art

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Lithograph

Fred Hughes on Phone
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Fred Hughes was Andy Warhol's business manager for more than 25 years. During his time with Warhol, Hughes ran The Factory and was also the publisher of Interview Magazine. He was th...
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Late 20th Century Pop Art Art

Materials

Polaroid

Andy Warhol, View from The Factory at 860 Broadway Looking Down at Union Sq West
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Illustrated in The Andy Warhol Diaries by Andy Warhol. Edited by Pat Hackett, Warner Books, 1991. A photograph by Andy Warhol from The Factory at 860 Broadway looking down at the p...
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1970s Pop Art Art

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Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Bob Colacello
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Bob Colacello is a writer and a regular contributor to Vanity Fair Magazine. The former editor of Interview Magazine, Colacello was first approached by A...
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1970s Pop Art Art

Materials

Polaroid

Hammer and Sickle
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This work is unique and initialed by the artist on the front side of the polaroid. Work was exhibited at Neue Nationalgalerie Berlin for 'Andy Warhol: Velvet Rage and Beauty', 9 Jun...
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1970s Pop Art Art

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Polaroid

Bianca Jagger in Montauk
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Bianca Jagger at Andy Warhol's Montauk estate, circa 1975. Like then-husband Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones, Bianca Jagger enjoyed the nightlife New York City had to offer. Known ...
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1970s Pop Art Art

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Silver Gelatin

Any Warhol Self-Portrait
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A photograph by Andy Warhol. "Any Warhol Self-Portrait" is a Polaroid, Polacolor by American pop artist Andy Warhol. The artwork is numbered FA01.00097 and AWL190. The artwork is uns...
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Late 20th Century Pop Art Art

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Polaroid

Grace Jones and Steve Rubell
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A photograph by Andy Warhol. "Grace Jones and Steve Rubell" is a Post-War silver gelatin print by American Pop Artist Andy Warhol. The artwork is unsigne...
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Late 20th Century Pop Art Art

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Silver Gelatin

Truman Capote
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A photograph by Andy Warhol. "Truman Capote" is a Polaroid by American pop artist Andy Warhol. The artwork is numbered FA05.01327 and AWL231. Andy Warhol...
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Mid-20th Century Pop Art Art

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Polaroid

Carolina Herrera
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A photograph by Andy Warhol. "Carolina Herrera" is a Polaroid, Polacolor by American pop artist Andy Warhol. The artwork is numbered FA04.07026 and AWL064. The work is embosed in the...
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Late 20th Century Pop Art Art

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Polaroid

Martha Graham
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A photograph by Andy Warhol. "Martha Graham" is a Post-War Polaroid by American Pop Artist Andy Warhol. The artwork is unsigned, but has been given the ...
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Late 20th Century Pop Art Art

Materials

Polaroid

Paola Dominguin
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A set of four photographs by Andy Warhol. "Paola Dominguin" is a set of four Polaroids, Polacolors by American pop artist Andy Warhol. The artwork is numbered AWL065, FA12.00066, FA1...
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Late 20th Century Pop Art Art

Materials

Polaroid

Kim Alexis
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A set of three photographs by Andy Warhol. "Kim Alexis" is a set of three Polaroids, Polacolors by American pop artist Andy Warhol. The artwork is numbered FA12.01102, FA12.01120, FA...
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Late 20th Century Pop Art Art

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Polaroid

Woman in a Pink Hat
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A drawing by Andy Warhol. "Woman in a Pink Hat" is a figural drawing, ink and tempera on paper in a soft palette of pink and white by Post-War American artist...
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Mid-20th Century Post-War Art

Materials

Ink, Tempera

Self Portrait
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A photograph by Andy Warhol. "Self Portrait" is a gelatin silver print by American pop artist Andy Warhol. The artwork is numbered AWL116. Andy Warhol — who famously said that, “In t...
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Mid-20th Century Pop Art Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Andy Warhol's original poster for the 1982 film "Querelle" - Erotic - Cinema
Located in PARIS, FR
Andy Warhol's original poster for the 1982 film "Querelle" is a fascinating fusion of two artistic worlds: cinema and pop culture art. Directed by German filmmaker Rainer Werner Fassbinder, the film is based on Jean Genet's novel of the same name, exploring themes of desire, sexuality and mystery. Warhol, a celebrated figure of the Pop Art movement, brought his unique style to this iconic poster. Using vivid colors and striking contrasts, the poster highlights key elements of the film, including the unsettling sensuality of the main character, Querelle, played by Brad Davis. Warhol's association with the film gave a new artistic dimension to film promotion...
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1980s Pop Art Art

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Paper

Diane Von Furstenberg
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A photograph by Andy Warhol. "Diane Von Furstenberg" is a Polaroid, Polacolor by pop artist Andy Warhol. It is numbered FA04.03259 and. AWL160. Andy Warhol — who famously said that, ...
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Late 20th Century Pop Art Art

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Polaroid

French film poster - Flesh - Andy Warhol - Paul Morrissey
Located in PARIS, FR
Movie Poster Flesh is a 1968 American film directed by Paul Morrissey. It features Joe Dallesandro as a hustler working the streets of New York. It fe...
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1970s Pop Art Art

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Paper

Andy Warhol, Für die Grünen - Screenprint from 1980, Pop Art
Located in Hamburg, DE
Andy Warhol (1928-1987) Andy Warhol für die Grünen, 1980 Medium: Screenprint on paper (election poster) Dimensions: 101 x 77 cm Edition size unknown: Not signed, not numbered Publish...
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20th Century Pop Art Art

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Screen

Oscar de la Renta
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A photograph by Andy Warhol. "Oscar de la Renta" is a Polaroid, Polacolor by pop artist Andy Warhol. The artwork is numbered FB05.01157 and AWL072. Andy Warhol — who famously said th...
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Mid-20th Century Pop Art Art

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Polaroid

Butterflies and Flowers
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Andy Warhol (1928-1987) is arguably the most important American artist of the 20th century. He not only defined Pop Art, but has had an unrivalled and lasting influence on artists an...
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1950s Pop Art Art

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Paper, Ballpoint Pen

Andy Warhol - Halston Women's Wear Advertising Campaign Poster
Located in London, GB
Paper Size: 23 x 28.75 inches Edition Size Unknown Near Mint, very light signs of handling Original Serigraph poster designed for an in-store advertising campaign printed in 1982. ...
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1980s American Modern Art

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Paper

Andy Warhol and Janice Dickinson
Located in Santa Monica, CA
From The Jon Gould Collection of Andy Warhol Photographs Each photo is unique and blind embossed “Andy Warhol” in the lower right corner Provenance: Gift of the Artist to Jon Goul...
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1980s Pop Art Art

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Silver Gelatin

Andy Warhol - Halston Men's Wear Advertising Campaign Poster
Located in London, GB
Paper Size: 23 x 28.75 inches Edition Size Unknown Near Mint, very light signs of handling Original Serigraph poster designed for an in-store advertising campaign printed in 1982. ...
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1980s American Modern Art

Materials

Paper

Andy Warhol - Halston Women's accessories Advertising Campaign Poster
Located in London, GB
Paper Size: 23 x 28.75 inches Edition Size Unknown Near Mint, very light signs of handling Original Serigraph poster designed for an in-store advertising campaign printed in 1982. ...
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1980s American Modern Art

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Paper

Bill Wyman
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Bill Wyman" is a color portrait Polaroid, Polacolor photograph by Andy Warhol in c. 1980. The artwork is 4 1/4 x 3 3/8 inches and, with the frame, is 9 x 9 x 1 1/2 inches. A fixtur...
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20th Century Pop Art Art

Materials

Polaroid

Mercedes-Benz Typ C 111 - Andy Warhol
Located in Winterswijk, NL
Art print on heavy paper After the original from 1970 Image in great condition, slight marginal defects
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Late 19th Century Art

Materials

Color

Hammer and Sickle
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This work is unique and initialed by the artist on the front side of the polaroid. Polaroid dimensions: 4.25 x 3.5 in Provenance: Gift of the artist, to the personal collection of ...
Category

1970s Pop Art Art

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Polaroid

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