Andy Warhol

Andy Warhol Shoes (Magnin) 1980 Serigraph with diamond dust. 40 x 59 in. (101.6 x 149.9 cm). Signed and numbered on the reverse. This work is from an edition of 60 plus ten artist’s proofs.
Provenance Galleria del Cavallino, Venice; Galerie de France, Paris Exhibited Venice, Galleria del Cavallino, Andy Warhol, 1981; Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Andy Warhol, August 27-October 27, 1992; Vienna, KunstHausWien, Andy Warhol, February 22-May 30, 1993; Athens, National Gallery, Andy Warhol, June 14-August 10, 1993; Thessaloniki, August 27-September 27, 1993 Orlando Museum of Art, Andy Warhol, October 9-December 12, 1993; Fort Lauderdale, Museum of Art, Andy Warhol, January 13-March 13, 1994; Taipei, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Andy Warhol 1928-1987, October 8-November 20, 1994; Lausanne, Fondation de l'Hermitage, Andy Warhol, May 25-October 1, 1995; Milan, Fondazione Antonio Mazzotta, Andy Warhol, October 22, 1995-February 11, 1996; Ludwigshafen, Germany, Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Andy Warhol, September 15, 1996-January 12, 1997; Helsinki Kunsthalle, Andy Warhol, August 23-November 16, 1997; The National Museum in Warsaw, March 6-May 3, 1998; The National Museum in Krakow, May 19-July 12, 1998, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Andy Warhol: A Factory, October 3, 1998-January 10, 1999; Kunsthalle Wien, February 5-May 2, 1999; Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, May 31-September 19, 1999; Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, October 18, 1999-January 16, 2000; The Museum of Art, Kochi, Andy Warhol, February 6-March 26, 2000; The Bunkamura Museum of Art, Tokyo, April 1-May 21, 2000; Daimaru Museum, Umeda-Osaka, May 24-June 11, 2000; Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, June 17-July 30, 2000; Kawamura Memorial Museum of Art, August 5-October 1, 2000; Nagoya City Art Museum, October 7-December 17, 2000; Niigata City Art Museum, January 4-February 12, 2001 Orlando Museum of Art, "Andy Warhol", October 9 - December 12, 1993; Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Museum of Art, "Andy Warhol", January 13 - March 13, 1994; Taipei, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, "Andy Warhol 1928-1987", October 8 - November 20, 1994; Lausanne, Fondation de l'Hermitage, "Andy Warhol", May 25 - October 1, 1995; Milan, Fondazione Antonio Mazzotta, "Andy Warhol", October 22, 1995 - February 11, 1996; Ludwigshafen, Germany, Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, "Andy Warhol", September 15, 1996 - January 12, 1997; Helsinki Kunsthalle, "Andy Warhol", August 23 - November 16, 1997; The National Museum in Warsaw, March 6 - May 3, 1998; The National Museum in Cracow, May 19 - July 12, 1998, "Andy Warhol" "Andy Warhol: A Factory", Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, October 3, 1998 - January 10, 1999; Kunsthalle Wien, February 5 - May 2, 1999; Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, May 31 - September 19, 1999; Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, October 18, 1999 - January 16, 2000; "Andy Warhol", The Museum of Art, Kochi, February 6 - March 26, 2000; The Bunkamura Museum of Art, Tokyo, April 1 - May 21, 2000; Daimaru Museum, Umeda-Osaka, May 24 - June 11, 2000; Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, June 17 - July 30, 2000; Kawamura Memorial Museum of Art, August 5 - October 1, 2000; Nagoya City Art Museum, October 7 - December 17, 2000; Niigata City Art Museum, January 4 - February 12, 2001 Literature F. Feldman and J. Schellmann ed., Andy Warhol Prints: A Catalogue Raisonné 1962-1987, New York, 2003, p. 85, (no. II.254) Artist Bio Andy Warhol American • 1928 - 1987 A seminal figure in the Pop Art movement of the early 1960s, Andy Warhol's paintings and screenprints are iconic beyond the scope of Art History, having become universal signifiers of an age. An early career in commercial illustration led to Warhol's appropriation of imagery from American popular culture and insistent concern with the superficial wonder of permanent commodification that yielded a synthesis of word and image, of art and the everyday. Warhol's obsession with creating slick, seemingly mass-produced artworks led him towards the commercial technique of screenprinting, which allowed him to produce large editions of his painted subjects. The clean, mechanical surface and perfect registration of the screenprinting process afforded Warhol a revolutionary absence of authorship