Andy Warhol - Evening & Day Editions New York Monday, April 25, 2016 | Phillips

Evening & Day Editions

New York Auction 25 April 2016 

  • Provenance

    Gifted to Thomas Royal from Andy Warhol in the Late 50's

  • Artist Biography

    Andy Warhol

    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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Andy Warhol

Happy Bug Day

circa 1954
Offset lithograph with extensive hand-coloring, on wove paper, the full sheet,
S. 14 x 9 3/8 in. (35.6 x 23.8 cm)
signed and titled in black ink, framed.

Estimate
$10,000 - 15,000 

Sold for $12,500

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Evening & Day Editions

New York Auction 25 April 2016