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Andy Warhol album cover art 1986 (Andy Warhol Debbie Harry)
Andy Warhol album cover art 1986 (Andy Warhol Debbie Harry)

Andy Warhol album cover art 1986 (Andy Warhol Debbie Harry)

By Andy Warhol

Located in NEW YORK, NY

1986 Andy Warhol record art featuring Debbie Harry. Featured prominently in 'Andy Warhol: The Record Covers, 1949-1987, a Catalog Raisonne' by Warhol scholar Paul Marechal. Off-se...

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1980s Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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Andy Warhol album cover art 1986 (Andy Warhol Debbie Harry)
Andy Warhol album cover art 1986 (Andy Warhol Debbie Harry)

Andy Warhol album cover art 1986 (Andy Warhol Debbie Harry)

By Andy Warhol

Located in NEW YORK, NY

1986 Andy Warhol record art featuring Debbie Harry. Featured prominently in 'Andy Warhol: The Record Covers, 1949-1987, a Catalog Raisonne' by Warhol scholar Paul Marechal. Off-se...

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Andy Warhol record cover art 1986 (Warhol album art)
Andy Warhol record cover art 1986 (Warhol album art)

Andy Warhol record cover art 1986 (Warhol album art)

By Andy Warhol

Located in NEW YORK, NY

Andy Warhol John Lennon Record Cover Art: Offset illustrated by Andy Warhol shortly before his death in 1986 for the estate of John Lennon. Literature/references: Andy Warhol: The Co...

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Lithograph, Offset

Debbie Harry, French Kissin, LP, 1986
Debbie Harry, French Kissin, LP, 1986

Debbie Harry, French Kissin, LP, 1986

By Andy Warhol

Located in NEW YORK, NY

Debbie Harry French Kissin, 1986 Vinyl, LP, 45RPM Geffen Records 0-20575 Cover art designed by Andy Warhol and Stephen Sprouse Andy Warhol Album Cover Art, 1986: Debbie Harry, "Fre...

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Andy Warhol Record Cover Art: 1949-1987: a collection of 40 works
Andy Warhol Record Cover Art: 1949-1987: a collection of 40 works

Andy Warhol Record Cover Art: 1949-1987: a collection of 40 works

By Andy Warhol

Located in NEW YORK, NY

Andy Warhol Album Cover Art: a set of 40 works (1949-1987): A rare collection of 40 individual Andy Warhol illustrated record covers accompanied by their respective vinyl records.

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1960s Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph, Offset

Andy Warhol Rolling Stones Album Cover Art (Mick Jagger Zipper)
Andy Warhol Rolling Stones Album Cover Art (Mick Jagger Zipper)

Andy Warhol Rolling Stones Album Cover Art (Mick Jagger Zipper)

By Andy Warhol

Located in NEW YORK, NY

The Rolling Stones Sticky Fingers Vinyl Album featuring Original Cover Art by Andy Warhol Front cover is in Very Good to Excellent condition.

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Andy Warhol Cover Album for the Rolling Stone from 1977, Original Signature
Andy Warhol Cover Album for the Rolling Stone from 1977, Original Signature

Andy Warhol Cover Album for the Rolling Stone from 1977, Original Signature

By Andy Warhol, The Rolling Stones

Located in Milano, IT

Album cover by Andy Warhol for the Rolling Stones from 1977.

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Vintage 1970s American Modern Contemporary Art

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Acrylic, Paper

Warhol Banana Album Cover Art The Velvet Underground
Warhol Banana Album Cover Art The Velvet Underground

Warhol Banana Album Cover Art The Velvet Underground

By (after) Andy Warhol

Located in NEW YORK, NY

Andy Warhol and The Velvet Underground Rare sought after Green Banana cover art reprint circa late 1990's. Stand out pop art without breaking the bank. Looks very cool framed. Dim...

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Original Andy Warhol Album Cover Art
Original Andy Warhol Album Cover Art

Original Andy Warhol Album Cover Art

By Andy Warhol

Located in NEW YORK, NY

Andy Warhol album Art Debbie, Harry, Rockbird Vinyl Album featuring Original Cover Art by Andy Warhol.

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Andy Warhol album cover art 1986 (Andy Warhol Debbie Harry)
Andy Warhol album cover art 1986 (Andy Warhol Debbie Harry)

Andy Warhol album cover art 1986 (Andy Warhol Debbie Harry)

By Andy Warhol

Located in NEW YORK, NY

1986 Andy Warhol record art featuring Debbie Harry. Featured prominently in 'Andy Warhol: The Record Covers, 1949-1987, a Catalog Raisonne' by Warhol scholar Paul Marechal. Off-se...

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1980s Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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Offset, Lithograph

Andy Warhol album cover art 1986 (Andy Warhol Debbie Harry)
Andy Warhol album cover art 1986 (Andy Warhol Debbie Harry)

Andy Warhol album cover art 1986 (Andy Warhol Debbie Harry)

By Andy Warhol

Located in NEW YORK, NY

1986 Andy Warhol record art featuring Debbie Harry. Featured prominently in 'Andy Warhol: The Record Covers, 1949-1987, a Catalog Raisonne' by Warhol scholar Paul Marechal. Off-se...

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Original Andy Warhol Record Cover Art
Original Andy Warhol Record Cover Art

Original Andy Warhol Record Cover Art

By Andy Warhol

Located in NEW YORK, NY

Andy Warhol Album Cover Art, 1986 Debbie Harry, "French Kissin" Vinyl Album; 1986 1st pressing.

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Original Andy Warhol Record Cover Art
Original Andy Warhol Record Cover Art

Original Andy Warhol Record Cover Art

By Andy Warhol

Located in NEW YORK, NY

Andy Warhol Album Cover Art, 1986 Debbie Harry, "French Kissin" Vinyl Album; 1986 1st pressing.

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Andy Warhol Stephen Sprouse record cover art (Warhol Debbie Harry)
Andy Warhol Stephen Sprouse record cover art (Warhol Debbie Harry)

Andy Warhol Stephen Sprouse record cover art (Warhol Debbie Harry)

By Andy Warhol

Located in Brooklyn, NY

Andy Warhol Album Cover Art, 1986: Debbie Harry, "French Kissin" Vinyl Album; 1986 1st pressing.

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Vintage 1980s North American Decorative Art

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Other

Andy Warhol, Original Album Cover Art
Andy Warhol, Original Album Cover Art

Andy Warhol, Original Album Cover Art

By Andy Warhol

Located in NEW YORK, NY

1983 1st pressing, Rats & Stars Vinyl Album featuring Original Cover Art by Andy Warhol.

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Andy Warhol, Original Album Cover Art
Andy Warhol, Original Album Cover Art

Andy Warhol, Original Album Cover Art

By Andy Warhol

Located in NEW YORK, NY

1964 1st pressing, 'This Is John Wallowitch' featuring Original Cover Art by Andy Warhol. One of the rarest of all Warhol illustrations. Cover: Off-set print of Warhol's phone boot...

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Andy Warhol The Smiths Album Cover Art
Andy Warhol The Smiths Album Cover Art

Andy Warhol The Smiths Album Cover Art

By Andy Warhol

Located in NEW YORK, NY

Andy Warhol Album Art 1984: The Smiths (1984) original vinyl 1st pressing: Front cover is derived from a still from Warhol's 1968 film, Flesh and is catalogued in Paul Maréchal’s bo...

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Andy Warhol Rolling Stones Album Cover Art
Andy Warhol Rolling Stones Album Cover Art

Andy Warhol Rolling Stones Album Cover Art

By Andy Warhol

Located in NEW YORK, NY

The first four songs recorded in the club have echoes of the band’s earliest days as they are covers of some Chess Records classics. This much iconic album cover features original ...

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Andy Warhol Rolling Stones Album Cover Art
Andy Warhol Rolling Stones Album Cover Art

Andy Warhol Rolling Stones Album Cover Art

By Andy Warhol

Located in NEW YORK, NY

The first four songs recorded in the club have echoes of the band’s earliest days as they are covers of some Chess Records classics. This much iconic album cover features original ...

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Andy Warhol Rolling Stones Album Cover Art
Andy Warhol Rolling Stones Album Cover Art

Andy Warhol Rolling Stones Album Cover Art

By Andy Warhol

Located in NEW YORK, NY

The first four songs recorded in the club have echoes of the band’s earliest days as they are covers of some Chess Records classics. This much iconic album cover features original ...

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Andy Warhol Rolling Stones Album Cover Art
Andy Warhol Rolling Stones Album Cover Art

Andy Warhol Rolling Stones Album Cover Art

By Andy Warhol

Located in NEW YORK, NY

The first four songs recorded in the club have echoes of the band’s earliest days as they are covers of some Chess Records classics. This much iconic album cover features original ...

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Andy Warhol Rolling Stones Album Cover Art
Andy Warhol Rolling Stones Album Cover Art

Andy Warhol Rolling Stones Album Cover Art

By Andy Warhol

Located in NEW YORK, NY

The first four songs recorded in the club have echoes of the band’s earliest days as they are covers of some Chess Records classics. This much iconic album cover features original ...

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Andy Warhol Rolling Stones Album Cover Art
Andy Warhol Rolling Stones Album Cover Art

Andy Warhol Rolling Stones Album Cover Art

By Andy Warhol

Located in NEW YORK, NY

The first four songs recorded in the club have echoes of the band’s earliest days as they are covers of some Chess Records classics. This much iconic album cover features original ...

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Andy Warhol, Rolling Stones Album Cover Art
Andy Warhol, Rolling Stones Album Cover Art

Andy Warhol, Rolling Stones Album Cover Art

By Andy Warhol

Located in NEW YORK, NY

The first four songs recorded in the club have echoes of the band’s earliest days as they are covers of some Chess Records classics. This much iconic album cover features original ...

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Andy Warhol, Rolling Stones Album Cover Art
Andy Warhol, Rolling Stones Album Cover Art

Andy Warhol, Rolling Stones Album Cover Art

By Andy Warhol

Located in NEW YORK, NY

The first four songs recorded in the club have echoes of the band’s earliest days as they are covers of some Chess Records classics. This much iconic album cover features original ...

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Andy Warhol, Rolling Stones Album Cover Art
Andy Warhol, Rolling Stones Album Cover Art

Andy Warhol, Rolling Stones Album Cover Art

By Andy Warhol

Located in NEW YORK, NY

The first four songs recorded in the club have echoes of the band’s earliest days as they are covers of some Chess Records classics. This much iconic album cover features original ...

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Andy Warhol, Rolling Stones Album Cover Art
Andy Warhol, Rolling Stones Album Cover Art

Andy Warhol, Rolling Stones Album Cover Art

By Andy Warhol

Located in NEW YORK, NY

The first four songs recorded in the club have echoes of the band’s earliest days as they are covers of some Chess Records classics. This much iconic album cover features original ...

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Andy Warhol, Rolling Stones Album Cover Art
Andy Warhol, Rolling Stones Album Cover Art

Andy Warhol, Rolling Stones Album Cover Art

By Andy Warhol

Located in NEW YORK, NY

The first four songs recorded in the club have echoes of the band’s earliest days as they are covers of some Chess Records classics. This much iconic album cover features original ...

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Andy Warhol, Rolling Stones Album Cover Art
Andy Warhol, Rolling Stones Album Cover Art

Andy Warhol, Rolling Stones Album Cover Art

By Andy Warhol

Located in NEW YORK, NY

The first four songs recorded in the club have echoes of the band’s earliest days as they are covers of some Chess Records classics. This much iconic album cover features original ...

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Andy Warhol Rolling Stones Album Cover Art
Andy Warhol Rolling Stones Album Cover Art

Andy Warhol Rolling Stones Album Cover Art

By Andy Warhol

Located in NEW YORK, NY

The first four songs recorded in the club have echoes of the band’s earliest days as they are covers of some Chess Records classics. This much iconic album cover features original ...

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Andy Warhol, Rolling Stones Album Cover Art
Andy Warhol, Rolling Stones Album Cover Art

Andy Warhol, Rolling Stones Album Cover Art

By Andy Warhol

Located in NEW YORK, NY

The first four songs recorded in the club have echoes of the band’s earliest days as they are covers of some Chess Records classics. This much iconic album cover features original ...

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Andy Warhol, Rolling Stones Album Cover Art
Andy Warhol, Rolling Stones Album Cover Art

Andy Warhol, Rolling Stones Album Cover Art

By Andy Warhol

Located in NEW YORK, NY

The first four songs recorded in the club have echoes of the band’s earliest days as they are covers of some Chess Records classics. This much iconic album cover features original ...

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Andy Warhol, Rolling Stones Album Cover Art
Andy Warhol, Rolling Stones Album Cover Art

Andy Warhol, Rolling Stones Album Cover Art

By Andy Warhol

Located in NEW YORK, NY

The first four songs recorded in the club have echoes of the band’s earliest days as they are covers of some Chess Records classics. This much iconic album cover features original ...

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Andy Warhol Rolling Stones Album Cover Art
Andy Warhol Rolling Stones Album Cover Art

Andy Warhol Rolling Stones Album Cover Art

By Andy Warhol

Located in NEW YORK, NY

The first four songs recorded in the club have echoes of the band’s earliest days as they are covers of some Chess Records classics. This much iconic album cover features original ...

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Andy Warhol, Rolling Stones Album Cover Art
Andy Warhol, Rolling Stones Album Cover Art

Andy Warhol, Rolling Stones Album Cover Art

By Andy Warhol

Located in NEW YORK, NY

The first four songs recorded in the club have echoes of the band’s earliest days as they are covers of some Chess Records classics. This much iconic album cover features original ...

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Andy Warhol, The Smiths Album Cover Art
Andy Warhol, The Smiths Album Cover Art

Andy Warhol, The Smiths Album Cover Art

By Andy Warhol

Located in NEW YORK, NY

The Smiths (1984) original vinyl 1st pressing: Front cover is derived from a still from Warhol's 1968 film, Flesh and is catalogued in Paul Maréchal’s book Andy Warhol: The Complete...

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Andy Warhol The Smiths Album Cover Art
Andy Warhol The Smiths Album Cover Art

Andy Warhol The Smiths Album Cover Art

By Andy Warhol

Located in NEW YORK, NY

The Smiths (1984) original vinyl 1st pressing: Front cover is derived from a still from Warhol's 1968 film, Flesh and is catalogued in Paul Maréchal’s book Andy Warhol: The Complete...

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Andy Warhol The Smiths Album Cover Art
Andy Warhol The Smiths Album Cover Art

Andy Warhol The Smiths Album Cover Art

By Andy Warhol

Located in NEW YORK, NY

The Smiths (1984) original vinyl 1st pressing: Front cover is derived from a still from Warhol's 1968 film, Flesh and is catalogued in Paul Maréchal’s book Andy Warhol: The Complete...

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Andy Warhol The Smiths Album Cover Art
Andy Warhol The Smiths Album Cover Art

Andy Warhol The Smiths Album Cover Art

By Andy Warhol

Located in NEW YORK, NY

The Smiths (1984) original vinyl 1st pressing: Front cover is derived from a still from Warhol's 1968 film, Flesh and is catalogued in Paul Maréchal’s book Andy Warhol: The Complete...

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Andy Warhol, John Lennon Album Cover Art
Andy Warhol, John Lennon Album Cover Art

Andy Warhol, John Lennon Album Cover Art

By Andy Warhol

Located in NEW YORK, NY

Rare Sought After Andy Warhol Vinyl Record Art: Offset illustrated by Andy Warhol shortly before his death in 1986 for the estate of John Lennon/Capital Records. Off-Set Print on V...

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Rare Andy Warhol Record Cover Art (Warhol album art)
Rare Andy Warhol Record Cover Art (Warhol album art)

Rare Andy Warhol Record Cover Art (Warhol album art)

By Andy Warhol

Located in NEW YORK, NY

Andy Warhol record art 1983: Off-set lithograph on record album cover. 12 x 12 Inches (30.48 x 30.48 cm).

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Rare Andy Warhol Record Cover Art (Warhol album art)
Rare Andy Warhol Record Cover Art (Warhol album art)

Rare Andy Warhol Record Cover Art (Warhol album art)

By Andy Warhol

Located in NEW YORK, NY

Andy Warhol record art 1983: Off-set lithograph on record album cover. 12 x 12 Inches (30.48 x 30.48 cm).

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Rare Andy Warhol Record Cover Art (Warhol album art)
Rare Andy Warhol Record Cover Art (Warhol album art)

Rare Andy Warhol Record Cover Art (Warhol album art)

By Andy Warhol

Located in NEW YORK, NY

Andy Warhol record art 1983: Off-set lithograph on record album cover. 12 x 12 Inches (30.48 x 30.48 cm).

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Rare Andy Warhol Record Cover Art (Warhol album art)
Rare Andy Warhol Record Cover Art (Warhol album art)

Rare Andy Warhol Record Cover Art (Warhol album art)

By Andy Warhol

Located in NEW YORK, NY

Andy Warhol record art 1983: Off-set lithograph on record album cover. 12 x 12 Inches (30.48 x 30.48 cm).

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Andy Warhol record cover art 1986 (Warhol album art)
Andy Warhol record cover art 1986 (Warhol album art)

Andy Warhol record cover art 1986 (Warhol album art)

By Andy Warhol

Located in NEW YORK, NY

Andy Warhol John Lennon Record Cover Art: Offset illustrated by Andy Warhol shortly before his death in 1986 for the estate of John Lennon/Capital Records. Literature/references: And...

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Andy Warhol record cover art 1986 (Warhol album art)
Andy Warhol record cover art 1986 (Warhol album art)

Andy Warhol record cover art 1986 (Warhol album art)

By Andy Warhol

Located in NEW YORK, NY

Andy Warhol John Lennon Record Cover Art: Offset illustrated by Andy Warhol shortly before his death in 1986 for the estate of John Lennon/Capital Records. Literature/references: And...

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Andy Warhol record cover art 1986 (Warhol album art)
Andy Warhol record cover art 1986 (Warhol album art)

Andy Warhol record cover art 1986 (Warhol album art)

By Andy Warhol

Located in NEW YORK, NY

Andy Warhol John Lennon Record Cover Art: Offset illustrated by Andy Warhol shortly before his death in 1986 for the estate of John Lennon/Capital Records. Literature/references: And...

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Andy Warhol Debbie Harry album cover art 1986
Andy Warhol Debbie Harry album cover art 1986

Andy Warhol Debbie Harry album cover art 1986

By Andy Warhol

Located in NEW YORK, NY

Andy Warhol album Art Debbie, Harry, Rockbird Vinyl Album featuring Original Cover Art by Andy Warhol.

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Andy Warhol Debbie Harry album cover art 1986
Andy Warhol Debbie Harry album cover art 1986

Andy Warhol Debbie Harry album cover art 1986

By Andy Warhol

Located in NEW YORK, NY

Andy Warhol album Art Debbie, Harry, Rockbird Vinyl Album featuring Original Cover Art by Andy Warhol.

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Andy Warhol Debbie Harry album cover art 1986
Andy Warhol Debbie Harry album cover art 1986

Andy Warhol Debbie Harry album cover art 1986

By Andy Warhol

Located in NEW YORK, NY

Andy Warhol album Art Debbie, Harry, Rockbird Vinyl Album featuring Original Cover Art by Andy Warhol.

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Andy Warhol Debbie Harry album cover art 1986
Andy Warhol Debbie Harry album cover art 1986

Andy Warhol Debbie Harry album cover art 1986

By Andy Warhol

Located in NEW YORK, NY

Andy Warhol album Art Debbie, Harry, Rockbird Vinyl Album featuring Original Cover Art by Andy Warhol.

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1980's Andy Warhol Reigning Queens Advertisement (Warhol Queen Elizabeth)
1980's Andy Warhol Reigning Queens Advertisement (Warhol Queen Elizabeth)

1980's Andy Warhol Reigning Queens Advertisement (Warhol Queen Elizabeth)

By (after) Andy Warhol

Located in Brooklyn, NY

Andy Warhol Queens advertisement circa 1985 featuring Queen Elizabeth: Vintage original 1980s poster advertisement for Andy Warhol Reigning Queens at Leo Castelli gallery, New York....

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Keith Haring Drawings poster 1982 (Keith Haring Tony Shafrazi gallery 1982)
Keith Haring Drawings poster 1982 (Keith Haring Tony Shafrazi gallery 1982)

Keith Haring Drawings poster 1982 (Keith Haring Tony Shafrazi gallery 1982)

By Keith Haring

Located in NEW YORK, NY

Keith Haring Tony Shafrazi Gallery 1982: The much historic early Keith Haring exhibition poster, illustrated by Haring on the occasion of: 'Keith Haring Drawings' Oct. 9 - Nov. 13 - ...

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1980s Pop Art Figurative Prints

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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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A Close Look at Pop-art Art

Perhaps one of the most influential contemporary art movements, Pop art emerged in the 1950s. In stark contrast to traditional artistic practice, its practitioners drew on imagery from popular culture — comic books, advertising, product packaging and other commercial media — to create original Pop art paintings, prints and sculptures that celebrated ordinary life in the most literal way.

ORIGINS OF POP ART

CHARACTERISTICS OF POP ART 

  • Bold imagery
  • Bright, vivid colors
  • Straightforward concepts
  • Engagement with popular culture 
  • Incorporation of everyday objects from advertisements, cartoons, comic books and other popular mass media

POP ARTISTS TO KNOW

ORIGINAL POP ART ON 1STDIBS

The Pop art movement started in the United Kingdom as a reaction, both positive and critical, to the period’s consumerism. Its goal was to put popular culture on the same level as so-called high culture.

Richard Hamilton’s 1956 collage Just what is it that makes today’s homes so different, so appealing? is widely believed to have kickstarted this unconventional new style.

Pop art works are distinguished by their bold imagery, bright colors and seemingly commonplace subject matter. Practitioners sought to challenge the status quo, breaking with the perceived elitism of the previously dominant Abstract Expressionism and making statements about current events. Other key characteristics of Pop art include appropriation of imagery and techniques from popular and commercial culture; use of different media and formats; repetition in imagery and iconography; incorporation of mundane objects from advertisements, cartoons and other popular media; hard edges; and ironic and witty treatment of subject matter.

Although British artists launched the movement, they were soon overshadowed by their American counterparts. Pop art is perhaps most closely identified with American Pop artist Andy Warhol, whose clever appropriation of motifs and images helped to transform the artistic style into a lifestyle. Most of the best-known American artists associated with Pop art started in commercial art (Warhol made whimsical drawings as a hobby during his early years as a commercial illustrator), a background that helped them in merging high and popular culture.

Roy Lichtenstein was another prominent Pop artist that was active in the United States. Much like Warhol, Lichtenstein drew his subjects from print media, particularly comic strips, producing paintings and sculptures characterized by primary colors, bold outlines and halftone dots, elements appropriated from commercial printing. Recontextualizing a lowbrow image by importing it into a fine-art context was a trademark of his style. Neo-Pop artists like Jeff Koons and Takashi Murakami further blurred the line between art and popular culture.

Pop art rose to prominence largely through the work of a handful of men creating works that were unemotional and distanced — in other words, stereotypically masculine. However, there were many important female Pop artists, such as Rosalyn Drexler, whose significant contributions to the movement are recognized today. Best known for her work as a playwright and novelist, Drexler also created paintings and collages embodying Pop art themes and stylistic features.

Read more about the history of Pop art and the style’s famous artists, and browse the collection of original Pop art paintings, prints, photography and other works for sale on 1stDibs.