Andy Warhol Art

ANDY WARHOL – Cologne Cathedral Rare and limited 1980s edition by Georges Israel Editeur Paris/Leo Castelli New York Only 100 copies total (here 47/100...

ANDY WARHOL – Flowers Rare and limited 1980s edition by Georges Israel Editeur Paris/Leo Castelli New York Only 100 copies total (here 72/100)....

ANDY WARHOL – Banana Rare and limited 1980s edition by Georges Israel Editeur Paris/Leo Castelli New York Only 100 copies total (here 13/100). ...

Andy Warhol, Banana, 1966 Matt 250gsm conservation digital paper. A very versatile high quality paper made in Germany from acid and chlorine free wood pulp. The paper is manufactur...

Andy Warhol, Daisy (fuchsia & yellow) Matt 250gsm conservation digital paper Image size 35 × 35 cm (13.77 x 13.77 in) Paper size 50 x 50 cm (19.68 x 19.68 in) Throughout Andy Wa...

Artist: Andy Warhol Title: Life Savers Portfolio: Ads Medium: Screenprint on Lenox Museum Board Date: 1985 Edition: 165/190 Sheet Size: 38" x 38" Signature:...

1964 Offset lithograph in colors, on wove paper 23 x 23 in. (58.4 x 58.4 cm) Edition of 300 Signed and dated in black ballpoint pen, lower right Framed, mint condition

"Andy Warhol, Marilyn, 1967, London, Tate Gallery" is a brilliantly colored Pop Art poster by the father of Pop Art, Andy Warhol. The poster advertises an exhibition in 1967 at London's Tate Gallery, a time when Andy's art was enjoying extraordinary success and exposure. Andy’s subjects tended to fall into very popular iconic people and objects, such as the Brillo Box series, Campbell’s Soup Cans, and his silkscreens of both Jacqueline Kennedy and Marilyn Monroe – both extraordinarily beautiful and popular American woman whose lives and movements were constantly hounded by the press. The woman in this poster is Marilyn Monroe an American actress, model and singer. Famous for playing comedic “blonde bombshell” characters, she became one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1950s and early 1960s and was emblematic of the era’s sexual revolution. She was also suspected of having an affair with President Kennedy, the husband of another of Andy’s silkscreen subjects, Jacqueline Kennedy. Marilyn’s popularity did not cease, but increased after her death in 1962 of questionable suicide. Andy was an American artist, film director, and producer who was a leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art. His works explore the relationship between artistic expression, advertising, and celebrity culture that flourished by the 1960s, and span a variety of media, including painting, silkscreening, photography, film, and sculpture. Some of his best known works include the silkscreen paintings Campbell’s Soup Cans (1962) and Marilyn Diptych (1962), the experimental films Empire (1964) and Chelsea Girls (1966), and the multimedia events known as the Exploding Plastic Inevitable (1966-67). He has been the subject of numerous retrospective exhibitions, books, and feature and documentary films. The Andy Warhol Museum in his native city of Pittsburgh, which holds an extensive permanent collection of art and archives, is the largest museum in the United States dedicated to a single artist. A 2009 article in The Economist described Warhol as a “bellwether of the art market.” Many of his creations are very collectible and highly valuable. The hightest price ever paid for a Warhol painting is $105 million for a 1963 serigraph titled Silver Car Crash (Double Disaster). His works include some of the most expensive paintings ever sold. He was born and raised in Pittsburgh, and initially pursued a successful career as a commercial illustrator. After exhibiting his work in several galleries in the late 1950s, he began to receive recognition as an influential and controversial artist. His New York studio, The Factory, became a well-known gathering place that brought together distinguished intellectuals, drag queens, playwrights, Bohemian street people, Hollywood celebrities, and wealthy patrons. He promoted a collection of personalities known as Warhol superstars, and is credited with inspiring the widely used expression “15 minutes of fame.” In the late 1960s he managed and produced the experimental rock band, The Velvet Underground, and founded Interview magazine. He authored numerous books, including The Philosophy of Andy Warhol and Popism: The Warhol Sixties. In the third grade, Warhol had Sydenham’s Chorea (more commonly known as St. Vitus’ Dance), the nervous disease that causes involuntary movements of the extremities, which is believed to be a complication of Scarlet Fever which causes skin pigmentation blotchiness. When he was confined to bed to entertain himself, he drew, listened to the radio and collected pictures of movie stars around his bed. Warhol later described this period as very important in the development of his personality, skill-set and preferences. After graduating from high school he enrolled in the Carnegie Institute of Technology, now Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, where he studied commercial art where he earned a BFA in pictorial design in 1949. Later that year he moved to New York City and began a career in magazine illustration and advertising. As an advertisement illustrator in the 1950s, Warhol used assistants to increase his productivity. Collaboration would remain a defining (and controversial) aspect of his working methods throughout his career; this was particularly true in the 1960s. One of the most important collaborators during this period was Gerard Malanga. Malanga assisted the artist with the production of silkscreens, films, sculpture and other works at “The Factory”, Warhol’s aluminum foil-and-silver-paint-lined studio on 47th Street (later moved to Broadway). Other members of Warhol’s Factory crowd included Freddie Herko, Ondine, Ronald Tavel, Mary Woronov, Billy Name, and Brigid Berlin (from whom he apparently got the idea to tape-record his phone conversations. During the 1960s, Warhol also groomed a retinue of bohemian and counterculture eccentrics upon whom he bestowed the designation “Superstars”, including Nico, Joe Dallesandro, Edie Sedgwick, Viva, Ultra Violet, Holly Woodlawn, Jackie Curtis, and Candy Darling. These people all participated in the Factory films, and some – like Berlin – remained friends with Warhol until his death. Important figures in New York underground art/cinema world, such as writer John Giorno and film-maker Jack Smith, also appear in Warhol films (many premiering at the New Andy Warhol Garrick Theatre and 55th Street Playhouse) of the 1960s, revealing Warhol’s connections to a diverse range of artistic scenes during this time. Less well known was his support and collaboration with several teenagers during this era, who would achieve prominence later in life including writer, David Dalton...

After Andy Warhol Chanel No. 5 (Red/Pink) Backed with linen

Tacoma Flower Tray (from the estate of Tim Hunt, Warhol Foundation curator and sales agent), 2005 Melamine Tray. Plate signed with labels and markings on the verso. This highly collectible work may be a prototype or a limited edition for a melamine tray based on Andy Warhol's iconic flower design, Tacoma. It was acquired from the estate of Tim Hunt, one of the top sales agent and curator for the Andy Warhol Foundation - and a Warhol friend. As this was a prototype for approval, the back of the tray has a handwritten "Rectangular Tray" done in indelible black marker. There is also an affixed label that reads as follows: Customer Name: Precidio Project: Rect Tray Part#: 5460H43 Artwork: Andy Warhol Tacoma Mold: PR801 Material: Melamine Material Color: White Version: 1 Control: PR050531101 Ship date: 2005/6/ Note: On the right hand side there is what looks like an inventory/stock id with date: Andy Warhol Tacoma 6/7/05 This work has fine provenance as it was acquired from the Estate of Tim Hunt and the collection of his wife, best-selling author Tama Janowitz...

From the edition of approximately 300 (none of which were numbered). Offset Lithograph in colors signed and dated in ink in the lower margin. Publisher: Leo Castelli Gallery, New Yo...

Artist: Andy Warhol (1928-1987) Title: Electric Chair (Feldman & Schellmann II.83) Year: 1971 Edition: 250, 50 AP Medium: Screenprint on Arches paper Size: 35.5 x 48 inches Condition...