Andy Warhol

10 Statues of Liberty, Paris

1986

Andy Warhol Marilyn at Leo Castelli (Large), signed and inscribed to Jon Gould, from the Estate of Jon Gould, 1981 Large Colour offset lithograph invitation on Leo Castelli Gallery announcement Card. Hand signed and inscribed by Andy Warhol to his last boyfriend Jon Gould Boldly signed in black marker by Andy Warhol and inscribed to Jon Frame included An extraordinary and well documented piece of Pop Art and Warhol history! If you saw "The Andy Warhol Diaries" on Netflix, you''d know about Warhol''s relationship with Jon Gould - Andy''s last boyfriend; tragically, Warhol would become Gould''s last boyfriend as well when Gould died at the young age of only 33. This is the rare and more elusive 12" Marilyn invitation published by Leo Castelli Gallery. This work is from an edition published by Colour Editions, Inc. This invitation was created for the exhibition Andy Warhol: A Print Retrospective 1963-1981 held at Castelli Graphics, New York, 21 November - 22 December 1981 This was personally dedicated by Andy Warhol to very last boyfriend Jon Gould (featured prominently in Andy Warhol''s Diaries and the eponymous Netflix series) and it had not been seen since the 1980s. In addition to being one of the rarer large Marilyns, Warhol''s signature and inscription is unconditionally guaranteed authentic, as it was acquired directly from the sale of Jon Gould''s estate. (Many of the lesser priced signed Warhol Marilyn Castelli invitations have no provenance at all, let alone one as historic as this.) Jon Gould was a New England educated former Vice President of Corporate Communications at Paramount Pictures - a Boston Brahmin - but whose real claim to fame was as Andy Warhol''s last boyfriend. This work was acquired from the widely publicised sale of the collection of Jon Gould - -a treasure trove of valuable gifts and art works by Warhol and others to Gould - that had not been seen in nearly four decades. This is one of the works from that impressive sale. MORE ABOUT JON GOULD: Warhol wrote extensively on Jon Gould in his diaries. In July, 2022, when the Netflix series "The Andy Warhols Diaries" came out, the New York Post (among many other publications) ran a major feature article on Warhol''s relationship with Gould and on this very sale: It reads, "When Harriet Woodsom Gould died in 2016 in her nineties, she left behind a trove of family heirlooms dating back to the 1700s in her Amesbury, Mass., home. Yet in her attic, she had a secret veritable shrine to pop art. There, she had stashed her late son Jon Gould’s belongings for decades since his death in 1986 from AIDS. He had vases painted by Jean-Michel Basquiat, works by Keith Haring and dozens and dozens of gifts — photos, valentines, sketches, letters and more — from pop god Andy Warhol. “My mother kept everything,” Jon’s twin brother, Jay Gould, told The Post. Jay knew his brother “had some type of relationship” with Warhol in the 1980s, though Jon always remained discreet about it. “We were very close, identical twins, but we never talked a lot about his sexuality,” Jay, now 68, explained. “It was a different time.” Yet, he was still stunned to read the poetry and love notes Jon wrote to the older artist. “I didn’t realise the relationship was as deep as it was.” Actually, no one really knew. Gould was Warhol’s last romance, a young Paramount executive with floppy hair and preppy good looks who died tragically at 33. And though Warhol frequently mentioned him in his famed diaries, published posthumously in 1989, the artist’s dashed-off musings gave the impression that Jon was more of a crush than a genuine partner...Gould didn’t so much enter into Warhol’s life as Warhol willed him into it. It was April 1981, and Warhol, then 52, was still reeling from his breakup with Jed Johnson...Jed left that December, and that spring Warhol confessed to feeling lonely: “I’ve got these desperate feelings that nothing means anything. And then I decide that I should try to fall in love, and that’s what I’m doing now with Jon Gould.” Gould was a 26-year-old Paramount exec: a New England WASP with a lithe, strong physique and charismatic personality, who looked straight. Warhol reasoned: “Jon is a good person to be in love with because he has his own career, and I can develop film ideas with him, you know? And maybe he can even convince Paramount to advertise in Interview, too. Right? So my crush on him will be good for business.” Warhol began courting Gould with a vengeance, sending extravagant bouquets of roses to his office at Paramount. He even offered their mutual friend, the photographer Christopher Makos, a fancy watch if he could get Gould to be his boyfriend. “I guess he never got loved,” Makos says in the series. “Because I didn’t get my watch.” (Jay Gould also tells the camera that his brother had admitted that he was in a relationship but that he said they didn’t have sex.) At first, Gould resisted Warhol’s attention, but eventually the two began spending a lot of time together, though Gould would frequently pull away if things got too intense, and he often would tell Warhol not to write about him in his diary. “I think my brother was concerned about his career at that time,” Jay Gould said. But the younger man attended parties and art events with him, invited the artist skiing with his family in Aspen and even for a time moved into his place on 66th Street. “I love going out with Jon because it’s like being on a real date,” Warhol wrote early in their relationship. “He’s tall and strong and I feel like he can take care of me.” Yet it turned out that Warhol would have to take care of Gould. On Feb. 4, 1984, Jon was admitted to New York Hospital with pneumonia — though it was understood that he had AIDS. Warhol stayed with him in hospital every night for the 30 days he was there, despite his fear of hospitals since getting shot and his fear of getting AIDS. (Warhol couldn’t bring himself to talk about Gould’s illness in the diary, but his editor notes that when Gould was released March 7, Warhol instructed his housekeepers to wash Jon’s clothes and dishes “separate from mine.”). Around 1985, Warhol began working on his massive series of 100 works based on Da Vinci’s “The Last Supper.” Jessica Beck, curator at the Warhol Museum in Warhol’s native Pittsburgh, said that the paintings seem to directly reference Gould and the AIDS crisis, particularly the ones with body builder imagery (Gould was a fitness obsessive) and one with a big “C,” a reference to what Warhol called “the gay cancer.”“He had this deep-rooted Catholic faith, this fear and shame, and was deeply terrified of getting AIDS,” Beck told The Post. “When I first started doing research on ‘The Last Supper’ paintings...

Andy Warhol Sportswear Jeans Intern. (Hand Signed), ca. 1984 Offset lithograph. Hand signed and inscribed by Andy Warhol 39 × 27 inches Edition of 100 (unnumbered) Hand signed and ...

Andy Warhol Chanel No. 5 (Suite of Four Individual (Separate) Prints on Linen Canvas), 1996 Suite of Four (4) Separate Individual Limited Edition Offset lithographs in colours on wov...

Andy Warhol Marilyn Monroe I Love Your Kiss Forever Forever, 1964 Colour lithograph on two pages wove paper (from the Artists & Collaborators hand signed edition of 1 Cent Life Portf...

Andy Warhol Camouflage Exhibition Gagosian Gallery Announcement Scarf/Bandana, 1998 Silkscreened letters on cotton cloth fabric 21 1/2 × 21 1/2 inches Unframed Scarce souvenir scarf/...

Andy Warhol Set of Four Limited Edition Self Portrait Plates for Rosenthal in Original Box:: ca. 1991 Four Porcelain Plates - Numbered and Plate Signed in Blue Rosenthal Box 7 × 7 × ...

Unique Silver Gelatin print from circa 1977 by Andy Warhol. Andy Warhol carried a camera with him obsessively. Similarly to his tape recorder, he used this technology not only as an...

Artist: Andy Warhol Medium: Lithograph printed on a double-page spread Title: Marilyn Monroe I Love Your Kiss Forever Forever Portfolio: 1 Cent Life Year: 1964 Edition: 2000 Framed S...

After Andy Warhol Chanel No. 5, 1997 Unsigned and unnumbered

Andy Warhol Paris, Musee d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, 1970: Rare original Warhol exhibition catalogue featuring a Warhol illustrated Pink Cow cover. Published on the occasion of the Warhol solo show at the MAM, Paris, Dec. 16, 1970 - Jan. 14, 1971. A must have rare vintage Warhol collectible. 1st edition; 1970. Single sheet folded, twelve-page accordion style booklet. Text by Alfred Pacquement (French). Exhibition checklist found within. Photo of appears on Warhol. Dimensions: Folded 7.75 × 10.5 inches; Unfolded: 7.75 x 47 inches. Condition: Light traces of centre folding; scattered handling marks; bend to reverse lower left corner; otherwise very good overall condition with bright un-faded colours. Well suited for framing. Further Background: Andy Warhol was inspired to by art dealer Ivan Karp to create his Cows in the 1960s. Warhol’s printer Gerard Malanga chose the photograph of the cow, however it was Warhol’s unique pop art style that made the final product so interested. He chose a bold colour scheme of bright pink on yellow, which turned the pastoral animal into an amusing and oddly exciting subject matter. Warhol then printed the electrifying Cow image on wallpaper, introducing this process to his creative production. In Warhol’s classic mode of repetition, every inch of the walls were covered with hot pink and yellow Cows. Castelli was so moved by the show, that he had professionals install the wallpaper so that the guests could experience Andy Warhol’s vision. Obsessed with celebrity, consumer culture, and mechanical reproduction, Pop Art king, Andy Warhol created some of the 20th century’s most iconic images. Warhol was widely influenced by popular & consumer culture, with this being evident in some of his most famous works: 32 Campbell''s soup cans, Brillo pad box sculptures, and portraits of Marilyn Monroe & Mick Jagger, for example. Rejecting the standard painting and sculpting modes of his era, Warhol embraced silk-screen printmaking to achieve his characteristic hard edges and flat areas of colour. The artist mentored Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat and continues to influence contemporary art around the world: His most bold successors include Richard Prince, Takashi Murakami, and Jeff Koons. Warhol has been the subject of exhibitions at the Whitney Museum of American Art, Museum of Modern Art, Tate Modern, and Centre Pompidou, among other institutions. Related Categories Warhol prints. Warhol prints. Warhol screen print. Vintage Andy Warhol. Warhol Cows...

An invitation to "Andy Warhol: A Print Retrospective 1963-1981" held at the Leo Castelli Gallery in New York City, printed with the iconic image of Marilyn Monroe. Published by Caste...

Vintage Andy Warhol Marilyn Monroe screen printed Announcement for his Retrospective in 1981

Andy Warhol Flowers, 1980 Enamel on porcelain Edition of 49 51 x 51 x 2 cm (20 x 20 x 0.7 in) In wooden box. Screenprint on porcelain in wooden frame signed in the glazing, numbered...

Created in 1984, Grace Kelly is a colour screenprint on Lenox Museum Board hand-signed by Andy Warhol (Pennsylvania, 1928 - New York, 1987) in pencil in lower right. This work is numbered from the edition of 225 in pencil in lower right apart from the edition of: 30 Artist''s Proofs, 8 Printer''s Proofs, 2 Hors Commerce, 50 numbered in Roman numerals, 20 Trial Proofs; printed by Rupert Jasen Smith, New York; and published by Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with the consent of the Princess Grace Foundation. Andy Warhol Grace Kelly...

Paper Size: 30 x 20 inches ( 76.2 x 50.8 cm ) Image Size: 19.75 x 19.5 inches ( 50.165 x 49.53 cm ) Framed: No Condition: C: Several Signs of use and handling, some visible marks ...

An original screenprint, exhibition poster on heavy wove paper after American artist Roy Lichtenstein (1923-1997) titled "Leo Castelli Gallery at Northpark National Bank (Reclining B...

Andy Warhol illustrated advertising poster New York, 1979: 1970s Andy Warhol illustrated "Lighthouse Footwear Reptile Shoes," poster (New York, 1979). An elegant & well-sized vintage...

TECHNICAL INFORMATION: Andy Warhol Pines Barrens Tree Frog, from Endangered Species 1983 Screenprint on Lenox Museum Board 38 x 38 in. Edition of 150 Pencil signed and numbered Acc...

TECHNICAL INFORMATION: Andy Warhol Sea Turtle, FS II.360 1985 Screenprint on Lenox Museum Board 31 1/2 x 39 3/8 in. Edition of 250 Pencil signed and numbered Accompanied with COA b...

Technical Information: Life Savers FS II.353, from Ads 1985 Screenprint on Lenox Museum Board 38 x 38 in. Edition of 190 Pencil signed and numbered

From the edition of 1000. The specific edition number will only be provided to the buyer at the actual point of sale. Please message us to request this information at the point of pu...

Title: Paratrooper Boots (Positive) Medium: Synthetic Polymer and Silkscreen Ink on Canvas Year: Size: 20″ x 16″ Stamped by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc.,...