1982
The name of American artist Andy Warhol is all but synonymous with Pop art, the movement he helped shape in the 1960s. He was phenomenally prolific, and the archive of original photography, prints, drawings, paintings and other art that he left behind is beyond vast.
Andy Warhol is known for his clever appropriation of motifs and images from popular advertising and commercials, which he integrated into graphic, vibrant works that utilized mass-production technologies such as printmaking, photography and silkscreening. Later in his career, Warhol expanded his oeuvre to include other forms of media, founding Interview magazine and producing fashion shoots and films on-site at the Factory, his world-famous studio in New York.
Born and educated in in Pittsburgh, Warhol moved to New York City in 1949 and built a successful career as a commercial illustrator. Although he made whimsical drawings as a hobby during these years, his career as a fine artist began in the mid-1950s with ink-blot drawings and hand-drawn silkscreens. The 1955 lithograph You Can Lead a Shoe to Water illustrates how he incorporated in his artwork advertising styles and techniques, in this case shoe commercials.
As a child, Warhol was often sick and spent much of his time in bed, where he would make sketches and put together collections of movie-star photographs. He described this period as formative in terms of his skills and interests. Indeed, Warhol remained obsessed with celebrities throughout his career, often producing series devoted to a famous face or an object from the popular culture, such as Chairman Mao or Campbell’s tomato soup. The 1967 silkscreen Marilyn 25 embodies his love of bright color and famous subjects.
Warhol was a prominent cultural figure in New York during the 1960s, ’70s and ’80s. The Factory was a gathering place for the era’s celebrities, writers, drag queens and fellow artists, and collaboration was common. To this day, Warhol remains one of the most important artists of the 20th century and continues to exert influence on contemporary creators.
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Munich Glyptothek
By Andy Warhol
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
This work is unique. Dated 'JUN 01 1982' on the reverse. Stamped twice on the reverse by both The Estate of Andy Warhol and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. The Andy...
Silver Gelatin
Glyptothek Munich
By Andy Warhol
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Work comes with a Certificate of Provenance issued by Christie’s. Stamped on the verso by the Estate of the Artist and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Foundation num...
Silver Gelatin
Greek Revival - Building Facade
By Andy Warhol
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
This is a unique work. Dated 'Jun 14 1982' (on the reverse). Stamped on verso by The Estate of Andy Warhol and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Annotated with Founda...
Silver Gelatin
Photo of Andy Warhol taken at his Frankfurt exhibition
By Bob Colacello
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
This is a unique photograph of Andy Warhol in front of his self-portraits, taken by Bob Colacello, at Warhol's Frankfurt exhibition, possibly in 1981. Ma...
Silver Gelatin
Buildings in Madrid
By Andy Warhol
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
This is a unique work. Stamped on verso by The Estate of Andy Warhol and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Annotated with Foundation inventory number. The work comes ...
Silver Gelatin
Paris
By Andy Warhol
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
This is a unique work. Stamped on the verso by the Estate of the Artist and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Foundation number also written on verso. Work comes with...
Silver Gelatin
Andy Warhol retrospective exhibition Ludwig Museum in Cologne
By Andy Warhol
Located in Rochester Hills, MI
Andy Warhol retrospective exhibition at the Ludwig Museum in Cologne / Koln 21 November 1989-11 February 1990 Andy Warhol Retrospektive Museum L...
Screen
Andy Warhol photograph New York, 1978
By Fernando Natalici
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Andy Warhol by Fernando Natalici, New York 1978: This rare Andy Warhol portrait was shot at the Halston Spring Fashion Show, in New York City, 1978 by heralded downtown art scene pho...
Inkjet
Artist Andy Warhol at his Whitney Museum Retrospective
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Andy Warhol at his Whitney Museum Retrospective in 1971. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with a certificate of authentici...
Silver Gelatin
Reinhard Görner Virtue, Bode–Museum, Berlin
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Virtue, Bode–Museum, Berlin 50 x 62.5 inches ed. of 10 $6,000 signed and numbered on label, verso Reinhard Görner, with his large format photographs orchestrates the monumentality of rooms. An active architecture photographer since 1985, is a master of perspectives and precise spatial compositions, and he thus considers classical sculpture, in all of its possible facets, a special challenge. "Görner’s photographs sometimes open the doors to another world and take the viewer with them on a journey through time. Here the palace is no longer a museum but both royal residence and a site steeped in history. The viewer does not have to share the halls with the masses of visitors; instead the images offer him exclusive impressions of the Galerie des Glaces (Hall of Mirrors) and the Galerie des Batailles (Hall of Battles) as even the king of France was probably never granted. The halls are empty of people, yet they seem to be able to unfurl their individual characters of their own accord. These places practically breathe history, and this aspect is also part of the essence captured in the photographs. King Wilhelm of Prussia was named German Emperor Wilhelm I in the Hall of Mirrors after France was defeated in 1870–1871 in the Franco-German War. The Treaty of Versailles following World War I was also signed there in 1919. In this sense, the architectural photographs of Versailles...
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Virtue, Bode–Museum, Berlin
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Virtue, Bode–Museum, Berlin 50 x 62.5 inches ed. of 10 $6,000 60 x 75 inches ed. of 5 $9,000 70 x 87.5 inches ed. of 5 $11,000 Signed and numbered on label, verso This artwork is...
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Virtue, Bode–Museum, Berlin
By Reinhard Görner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Virtue, Bode–Museum, Berlin 50 x 62.5 inches ed. of 10 $6000 signed and numbered on label, verso Reinhard Görner, with his large format photographs orchestrates the monumentality ...
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