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Auction archive: Lot number 298

Andy Warhol

Estimate
US$6,000 - US$8,000
Price realised:
US$5,625
Auction archive: Lot number 298

Andy Warhol

Estimate
US$6,000 - US$8,000
Price realised:
US$5,625
Beschreibung:

Andy Warhol Follow Holy Cats by Andy Warhol's Mother 1954 Artist's book comprised of 20 offset lithographs (one with hand-coloring), on colored wove paper, bound (as issued), with original paper-covered hardcover with offset lithograph and hand-coloring on the front. 9 x 5 3/4 in. (22.9 x 14.6 cm) Inscribed 'To Bouty From a.w. mother' in black ink on the first page, from the edition of unknown size.
Artist Bio Andy Warhol American • 1928 - 1987 Follow Andy Warhol was the leading exponent of the Pop Art movement in the U.S. in the 1960s. Following an early career as a commercial illustrator, Warhol achieved fame with his revolutionary series of silkscreened prints and paintings of familiar objects, such as Campbell's soup tins, and celebrities, such as Marilyn Monroe Obsessed with popular culture, celebrity and advertising, Warhol created his slick, seemingly mass-produced images of everyday subject matter from his famed Factory studio in New York City. His use of mechanical methods of reproduction, notably the commercial technique of silk screening, wholly revolutionized art-making. Working as an artist, but also director and producer, Warhol produced a number of avant-garde films in addition to managing the experimental rock band The Velvet Underground and founding Interview magazine. A central figure in the New York art scene until his untimely death in 1987, Warhol was notably also a mentor to such artists as Keith Haring and Jean-Michel-Basquiat . View More Works

Auction archive: Lot number 298
Auction:
Datum:
26 Oct 2016
Auction house:
Phillips
New York
Beschreibung:

Andy Warhol Follow Holy Cats by Andy Warhol's Mother 1954 Artist's book comprised of 20 offset lithographs (one with hand-coloring), on colored wove paper, bound (as issued), with original paper-covered hardcover with offset lithograph and hand-coloring on the front. 9 x 5 3/4 in. (22.9 x 14.6 cm) Inscribed 'To Bouty From a.w. mother' in black ink on the first page, from the edition of unknown size.
Artist Bio Andy Warhol American • 1928 - 1987 Follow Andy Warhol was the leading exponent of the Pop Art movement in the U.S. in the 1960s. Following an early career as a commercial illustrator, Warhol achieved fame with his revolutionary series of silkscreened prints and paintings of familiar objects, such as Campbell's soup tins, and celebrities, such as Marilyn Monroe Obsessed with popular culture, celebrity and advertising, Warhol created his slick, seemingly mass-produced images of everyday subject matter from his famed Factory studio in New York City. His use of mechanical methods of reproduction, notably the commercial technique of silk screening, wholly revolutionized art-making. Working as an artist, but also director and producer, Warhol produced a number of avant-garde films in addition to managing the experimental rock band The Velvet Underground and founding Interview magazine. A central figure in the New York art scene until his untimely death in 1987, Warhol was notably also a mentor to such artists as Keith Haring and Jean-Michel-Basquiat . View More Works

Auction archive: Lot number 298
Auction:
Datum:
26 Oct 2016
Auction house:
Phillips
New York
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