WARHOL, ANDY Le Jardin nightclub dance card bearing multiple Warhol signatures . New York: 1970s. Dance card printed in black and white, the recto with Carnet de Bal printed above a harlequin figure on a dance floor, the upper margin signed indistinctly "Andy" and with his phone number (475-5550), the verso with 15 printed lines accomplished in pencil with the repeated Warhol signatures and markings, the card retaining the cloth pencil holder but lacks the original pencil. 6 3/4 x 3 3/4 inches (17 x 10 cm). The signatures with much variation and dashed off very quickly, a few are clearly signed "Andy" while others are more gestural, the card somewhat creased and stained, the pencil holder detached; Together with an original 1978 photograph of Warhol at Studio 54 and a Studio 54 matchbook and drink chip. The color photograph 3 1/2 x 4 1/4 inches. Worn. The consignor of this dance card frequently encountered Warhol at Manhattan nightclubs such as Le Jardin and Studio 54. Included in the lot is a copy of photograph printed in New York Magazine after the FBI raid on the club which shows the consignor with Warhol and Steve Rubell. The consignor writes: "Having been the nightly denizen of Studio 54, I, among other 'glitterati', caught the attention of Andy Warhol's keen eye. Having come from the Le Jardin Club, where that evening cartes de ball were given out, when Mr. W. asked to join me in a dance, I asked him to sign my dance card. Reaching in his pocket, he pulled out his eyebrow pencil, hence the brownish smear. When that broke, Mr. W used the pencil attached to the card and much to my delight and surprise, filled out every line, so representational of his custom of repetition ... he also noted his phone number at the top. I was often, at various events, photographed by him and the favor was returned. The smiling photo of him taken by me is probably one of the rare smiling photos of Andy Warhol He was always content to see me and this smiling photo is a fine memory of this most talented gentleman." C
WARHOL, ANDY Le Jardin nightclub dance card bearing multiple Warhol signatures . New York: 1970s. Dance card printed in black and white, the recto with Carnet de Bal printed above a harlequin figure on a dance floor, the upper margin signed indistinctly "Andy" and with his phone number (475-5550), the verso with 15 printed lines accomplished in pencil with the repeated Warhol signatures and markings, the card retaining the cloth pencil holder but lacks the original pencil. 6 3/4 x 3 3/4 inches (17 x 10 cm). The signatures with much variation and dashed off very quickly, a few are clearly signed "Andy" while others are more gestural, the card somewhat creased and stained, the pencil holder detached; Together with an original 1978 photograph of Warhol at Studio 54 and a Studio 54 matchbook and drink chip. The color photograph 3 1/2 x 4 1/4 inches. Worn. The consignor of this dance card frequently encountered Warhol at Manhattan nightclubs such as Le Jardin and Studio 54. Included in the lot is a copy of photograph printed in New York Magazine after the FBI raid on the club which shows the consignor with Warhol and Steve Rubell. The consignor writes: "Having been the nightly denizen of Studio 54, I, among other 'glitterati', caught the attention of Andy Warhol's keen eye. Having come from the Le Jardin Club, where that evening cartes de ball were given out, when Mr. W. asked to join me in a dance, I asked him to sign my dance card. Reaching in his pocket, he pulled out his eyebrow pencil, hence the brownish smear. When that broke, Mr. W used the pencil attached to the card and much to my delight and surprise, filled out every line, so representational of his custom of repetition ... he also noted his phone number at the top. I was often, at various events, photographed by him and the favor was returned. The smiling photo of him taken by me is probably one of the rare smiling photos of Andy Warhol He was always content to see me and this smiling photo is a fine memory of this most talented gentleman." C
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