Acquired directly from the artist
Sotheby's, New York, Contemporary Art, Part II, May 3, 1988, lot 200
Galerie 1900-2000, Paris
Bertrand Faure, Paris
Perrin Royère La Jeunesse, Versailles, March 18, 1990, lot 101
Private Collection
Christie's, London, Contemporary Art, May 25, 1997, lot 80
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Paris, Musée de la Poste, Les Couleurs de l'Argent, November 19, 1991–February 1, 1992
Les Couleurs de l'Argent, exh. cat., Musée de la Poste, Paris, 1992, p.138 (illustrated)
G. Frei and N. Printz, The Andy Warhol Catalogue Raisonné Vol. 1: Paintings and Sculpture 1961-1963, London: Phaidon, 2002, cat. no. 156, p. 143 (illustrated)
American • 1928 - 1987
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.
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