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Andy Warhol is synonymous with American art in the second half of the 20th century and is known for his iconic portraits and consumer products, mixing popular culture and fine art, redefining what art could be and how we approach art. While many of Warhol’s works may not represent famed individuals, his depictions of inanimate objects elevate his subjects to a level of celebrity. Warhol first depicted shoes early in his career when he worked as a fashion illustrator and returned to the theme in the 1980s, combining his fascination with consumerism and glamour. With his constant desire to fuse high and low culture, Warhol chose to highlight something that is so ubiquitous as shoes. The subject can denote poverty or wealth, function, or fashion. Warhol glamorizes the pile of footwear, covering them with a patina of glitzy diamond dust, further blurring the meaning between utilitarian need and stylized statement piece.
ANDY WARHOL
Diamond Dust Shoes (Black and White)
1980
40 x 59 1/2 in.
screenprint with diamond dust
200,000

Beginning in 1963, with a silkscreen derived from a photo booth strip, Warhol repeatedly explored his likeness, culminating with the iconic "Fright Wig" image. Essential to his depiction of celebrities and self-representation, the Polaroid photograph played a crucial role in his work and our perceptions of his massive contribution to post-war art in America. The two images presented, dark and spooky, are beautifully crafted, well-staged portraits. Enveloped in a moody ambiance that eviscerates his body, these self-portraits depict Andy clad in this iconic wig and dark aviator sunglasses, set against a backdrop so deeply shadowed that his head seems to float in a void of darkness. Warhol loved role-playing, and here it is in spades!
ANDY WARHOL
Self-Portrait in Fright Wig
1986
4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in. ea.
Polaroid, Polacolor
150,000

ANDY WARHOL - Ford car - graphite on paper - 11 1/2  x 15 3/4 in.
ANDY WARHOL
Ford car
1983
11 1/2 x 15 3/4 in.
graphite on paper
125,000

ANDY WARHOL - Self-Portrait with Fright Wig - screenprint on t-shirt - 33 1/2 x 40 1/4 in.
ANDY WARHOL
Self-Portrait with Fright Wig
1985
33 1/2 x 40 1/4 in.
screenprint on t-shirt
110,000

It is remarkable the speed with which the art world embraced Andy Warhol after July 1962 when his paintings of thirty-six paintings of Campbell's Soup Cans were displayed at The Ferus Gallery in Los Angeles. Among his last hand-painted works, Warhol soon discovered silkscreen, the medium with which he is most closely associated. Whereas the handcrafted soup-can paintings look mechanically produced, the silkscreen was a mechanical and commercial process that enabled Warhol to produce unlimited precise repetitions and variations of key subjects. As one of the 32 original varieties, Vegetable remains a pop culture phenomenon, turning up on everything from plates and mugs to neckties, t-shirts, and surfboards.
ANDY WARHOL
Campbell's Soup I: Vegetable Soup
1968
35 x 23 in.
screenprint on paper
100,000

Andy Warhol's Campbell's Soup Cans series marks a pivotal moment in his career and the Pop Art movement. The series, consisting of 32 canvases, each depicting a different flavor, revolutionized the art world by elevating mundane, everyday consumer goods to the status of high art. The screen print Pepper Pot from 1968 employs his signature style of vivid, flat colors and repeated imagery, characteristic of mass production and consumer culture. Screen printing, a commercial technique, aligns with Warhol's interest in blurring the lines between high art and commercial art, challenging artistic values and perceptions.
ANDY WARHOL
Pepper Pot from Campbell's Soup
1968
35 x 23 in.
screenprint in colors
100,000

ANDY WARHOL - Self-Portrait in a Platinum Wig; Self-Portrait in a Platinum Pageboy Wig - Polaroid, Polacolor - 4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in. ea.
ANDY WARHOL
Self-Portrait in a Platinum Wig; Self-Portrait in a Platinum Pageboy Wig
1981
4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in. ea.
Polaroid, Polacolor
100,000

ANDY WARHOL - Goethe - silkscreen in colors - 38 x 38 in.
ANDY WARHOL
Goethe
1982
38 x 38 in.
silkscreen in colors
85,000

Known for his fascination with fame, celebrity, and cultural icons, Andy Warhol occasionally reached beyond his contemporaries to include historical figures. Of particular interest, Goethe's theories on color emphasized how colors are perceived and their psychological impact, contrasting with the prevailing Newtonian physics-based understanding of color as a scientific phenomenon. Although there is no direct link that Goethe's color theory directly inspired Warhol to select him as a subject, it thematically highlights how we view Warhol's art as engaging with historical traditions to symbolize a bond between their respective fields and eras. In this sense, the work serves as an homage and a cross-temporal collaboration, linking Warhol's visual language with Goethe's awareness of color as a potent, stimulating element in perception.
ANDY WARHOL
Goethe
1982
38 x 38 in.
silkscreen in colors
85,000

Andy loved the photo booth. It was a machine, not a person, taking the pictures. It provided instant gratification and aligned with Warhol's fascination with authenticity and the candid moments in life, and as the present example proves, private moments filled with genuine moments of sheer fun and unguarded enjoyment. Andy often coaxed people to his favorite 42nd St. Photo booth, where the sitter would conjure up their best movie star impression, and Warhol would produce multiple images in various color combinations. The first of Warhol's thousands of commissioned portraits was of Ethel Scull, a mosaic of thirty-six silkscreened images taken in a 42nd Street picture booth near Times Square. He coaxed the art collector to do her best movie star impressions there. By the 1970s, commissioned portraits were a solid portion of his income.
ANDY WARHOL
Self Portrait
1963-64
7 3/4 x 1 1/2 in.
gelatin silver print
80,000

ANDY WARHOL - Self-Portrait - Polaroid, Polacolor - 4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in.
ANDY WARHOL
Self-Portrait
1986
4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in.
Polaroid, Polacolor
75,000

Andy Warhol carried a Polaroid camera as a relentless chronicler of life and its encounters from the late 1950s until he died in 1987. The vast collection of Polaroids he amassed are spontaneous, unpolished, often raw, and serve as a chronicle of his time, similar to how Instagram reflects our current era. Another person could have taken this self-portrait, creating a thinly veiled proposition asking the viewer to accept it as a self-portrait, or perhaps it was achieved solely by Warhol using an external self-timer accessory. It is a portrait that celebrates the device upon which Warhol's life essentially turned, a carefully staged homage to his relationship with the Polaroid camera.
ANDY WARHOL
Self-Portrait
c. 1973
4 1/4 x 4 1/2 in.
Polaroid
75,000

ANDY WARHOL - Self-Portrait in Fright Wig - Polaroid - 4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in.
ANDY WARHOL
Self-Portrait in Fright Wig
1986
4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in.
Polaroid
75,000

ANDY WARHOL - Warhol Self-Portrait (Fright Wig) - Polaroid, Polacolor - 4 1/4 x 3 1/4 in.
ANDY WARHOL
Warhol Self-Portrait (Fright Wig)
1982
4 1/4 x 3 1/4 in.
Polaroid, Polacolor
75,000

ANDY WARHOL - Self-Portrait with Camera (diptych) - Polaroid, Polacolor - 4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in. ea.
ANDY WARHOL
Self-Portrait with Camera (diptych)
1973
4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in. ea.
Polaroid, Polacolor
70,000

In the most general sense, Warhol's use of skulls in his work contemplates the inevitable reality of human existence. Historical references to skulls used in memento mori and vanitas paintings abound but for Warhol, a skull provided a deeply personal reflection on his mortality. The motif was also far more multifaced for Warhol, touching on personal philosophy and aesthetic considerations. On Andy's playful and ironic side, a skull starkly contrasts celebrity culture, glamour, and the superficial aspects of popular culture. It was a wry rebuttal to the work responsible for building his financial empire, undermining the notion of eternal fame and immortality often implicit in his celebrity portraiture.
ANDY WARHOL
Self-Portrait with Skull
1977
4 1/4 x 3 1/2 in.
Polaroid, Polacolor
70,000

Because Warhol was concerned about hair loss, no prop was more critical in crafting his public persona than a wig. Wigs provided his signature look and are an extension of his interest in transformation, performance, and the fluidity of identity. The fright wigs, with their tousled, unkempt appearance, add an element of wildness and eccentricity to Warhol's look. But here, the wig cascades down in a straight, helmet-like coiffure that evokes a more severe and formidable nature. All wigs, for Warhol, provided an opportunity for theatrical role-playing and reflect his fascination with artificiality and self-invention.
ANDY WARHOL
Self-Portrait
1986
4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in.
Polaroid, Polacolor II
65,000

ANDY WARHOL - Campbell's Soup Can (Tomato) - screenprint in colors on colored t-shirt - 29 x 26 1/2 in.
ANDY WARHOL
Campbell's Soup Can (Tomato)
c. 1985
29 x 26 1/2 in.
screenprint in colors on colored t-shirt
60,000

ANDY WARHOL - David Hockney and Andy Warhol - Polaroid, Polacolor - 4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in.
ANDY WARHOL
David Hockney and Andy Warhol
c. 1980
4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in.
Polaroid, Polacolor
60,000

ANDY WARHOL - Lee Radziwill - Polaroid, Polacolor - 4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in. ea.
ANDY WARHOL
Lee Radziwill
1972
4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in. ea.
Polaroid, Polacolor
60,000

ANDY WARHOL - Northwest Coast Mask - screenprint in colors on Lenox Museum Board - 38 x 38 in.
ANDY WARHOL
Northwest Coast Mask
1986
38 x 38 in.
screenprint in colors on Lenox Museum Board
60,000

ANDY WARHOL - Self-Portrait - Polaroid, Polacolor - 4 1/2 x 3 3/8 in.
ANDY WARHOL
Self-Portrait
1977
4 1/2 x 3 3/8 in.
Polaroid, Polacolor
60,000

ANDY WARHOL - Self-Portrait in Drag - Polaroid - 4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in.
ANDY WARHOL
Self-Portrait in Drag
1981
4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in.
Polaroid
60,000

Warhol's "Electric Chair" is undoubtedly the most macabre of Warhol's 70-odd paintings and prints from the Death and Disaster series yet its brilliant colors bring a stark, ameliorating contrast to the subject matter. The irony is that repetition and the mechanized purity of screen-prints that elevated Campbell's soup cans to fine art status serve a different purpose here. They act as desensitizing agents that, by degrees, create emotional separation from the gruesome, the macabre, death and mortality. As if to further declare his intentions, Warhol reduced the cavernous room of earlier iterations to a shallow plane, giving a more tightly focused view of the chair itself, its morbidity meliorated under blocks of yellow, pink, blue, and orange.
ANDY WARHOL
Electric Chair
1971
35 3/8 x 47 3/4 in.
screenprint in colors on woven paper
50,000

ANDY WARHOL - Self Portrait at 'Flowers' Exhibition - Polaroid, Polacolor - 4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in.
ANDY WARHOL
Self Portrait at 'Flowers' Exhibition
4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in.
Polaroid, Polacolor
50,000

ANDY WARHOL - Dennis Hopper - Polaroid, Polacolor - 4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in. ea.
ANDY WARHOL
Dennis Hopper
1977
4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in. ea.
Polaroid, Polacolor
48,000

ANDY WARHOL - The Shadow (from Myths) - color screenprint with diamond dust on paper - 37 1/2 x 37 1/2 in.
ANDY WARHOL
The Shadow (from Myths)
1981
37 1/2 x 37 1/2 in.
color screenprint with diamond dust on paper
48,000

ANDY WARHOL - Absolute Vodka - Polaroid, Polacolor - 4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in. ea.
ANDY WARHOL
Absolute Vodka
1985
4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in. ea.
Polaroid, Polacolor
36,000

ANDY WARHOL - Francesco Clemente 2 Polaroids - Polaroid, Polacolor - 4 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. ea.
ANDY WARHOL
Francesco Clemente 2 Polaroids
1981
4 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. ea.
Polaroid, Polacolor
36,000

ANDY WARHOL - Fancy Yarn - Polaroid, Polacolor - 4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in. ea.
ANDY WARHOL
Fancy Yarn
c. 1983
4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in. ea.
Polaroid, Polacolor
30,000

ANDY WARHOL - Fiesta Pigs - Polaroid, Polacolor - 4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in. ea.
ANDY WARHOL
Fiesta Pigs
1979
4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in. ea.
Polaroid, Polacolor
30,000

ANDY WARHOL - Andy Warhol and Michael Jackson - silver gelatin print - 8 x 10 in.
ANDY WARHOL
Andy Warhol and Michael Jackson
c. 1981
8 x 10 in.
silver gelatin print
28,000

ANDY WARHOL - Committee 2000 Champagne Glasses - Polaroid on board - 4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in. ea.
ANDY WARHOL
Committee 2000 Champagne Glasses
1982
4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in. ea.
Polaroid on board
28,000

ANDY WARHOL - Flowers - Polaroid on board - 4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in.
ANDY WARHOL
Flowers
1983
4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in.
Polaroid on board
24,000

ANDY WARHOL - Man Ray - Polaroid Polacolor Type 108 print - 4 1/4 x 3 1/2 in.
ANDY WARHOL
Man Ray
1973
4 1/4 x 3 1/2 in.
Polaroid Polacolor Type 108 print
22,000

ANDY WARHOL - Dogs - gelatin silver print - 5 1/8 x 8 1/4 in. ea.
ANDY WARHOL
Dogs
1984
5 1/8 x 8 1/4 in. ea.
gelatin silver print
20,000

ANDY WARHOL - Hadrian - Polaroid, Polacolor - 4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in.
ANDY WARHOL
Hadrian
1975
4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in.
Polaroid, Polacolor
18,000

ANDY WARHOL - Japanese Toy (Panda with Drum) - Polaroid, Polacolor - 4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in.
ANDY WARHOL
Japanese Toy (Panda with Drum)
1983
4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in.
Polaroid, Polacolor
18,000

ANDY WARHOL - Myths (Santa) - Polaroid, Polacolor - 4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in.
ANDY WARHOL
Myths (Santa)
1981
4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in.
Polaroid, Polacolor
18,000

ANDY WARHOL - Robert Rauschenberg - Polaroid, Polacolor - 4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in.
ANDY WARHOL
Robert Rauschenberg
1981
4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in.
Polaroid, Polacolor
18,000

ANDY WARHOL - Shoe - Polaroid, Polacolor - 3 3/8 x 4 1/4 in.
ANDY WARHOL
Shoe
c. 1980
3 3/8 x 4 1/4 in.
Polaroid, Polacolor
18,000

ANDY WARHOL - B'nai Zion Balloon in Parade - silver gelatin print - 8 x 10 in.
ANDY WARHOL
B'nai Zion Balloon in Parade
1984
8 x 10 in.
silver gelatin print
15,000

ANDY WARHOL - Cabbage Patch Doll - Polaroid, Polacolor - 4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in.
ANDY WARHOL
Cabbage Patch Doll
1984
4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in.
Polaroid, Polacolor
15,000

ANDY WARHOL - Candy Box - Polaroid, Polacolor - 4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in.
ANDY WARHOL
Candy Box
1982
4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in.
Polaroid, Polacolor
15,000

ANDY WARHOL - Candy Box - Polaroid, Polacolor - 4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in.
ANDY WARHOL
Candy Box
1982
4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in.
Polaroid, Polacolor
15,000

ANDY WARHOL - Candy Box - Polaroid, Polacolor - 4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in.
ANDY WARHOL
Candy Box
1982
4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in.
Polaroid, Polacolor
15,000

ANDY WARHOL - Candy Box - unique Polacolor Type 108 print - 4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in.
ANDY WARHOL
Candy Box
1981
4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in.
unique Polacolor Type 108 print
15,000

ANDY WARHOL - Cookie Jar - unique Polacolor ER Print - 4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in.
ANDY WARHOL
Cookie Jar
c. 1970s
4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in.
unique Polacolor ER Print
15,000

ANDY WARHOL - Dental Molds - Polaroid, Polacolor - 3 3/8 x 4 1/4 in.
ANDY WARHOL
Dental Molds
1982
3 3/8 x 4 1/4 in.
Polaroid, Polacolor
15,000

ANDY WARHOL - Gun - Polaroid, Polacolor - 4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in.
ANDY WARHOL
Gun
1977
4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in.
Polaroid, Polacolor
15,000

ANDY WARHOL - Perugina Candy Box - Polaroid, Polacolor - 4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in.
ANDY WARHOL
Perugina Candy Box
1982
4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in.
Polaroid, Polacolor
15,000

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