Andy Warhol - New Now London Wednesday, April 10, 2019 | Phillips

New Now

London Auction 11 April 2019

  • Provenance

    Susan Sheehan Gallery, New York
    Cary Leibowitz, New York (acquired from the above circa 1995)
    Private Collection
    Christie's, online, 17 - 29 July 2014, lot 101
    Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

  • 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

Brandon de Wilde Smokes Camels because they are so Mild

titled 'Brandon de Wilde smokes camels because they are so mild' upper left; further stamped with Andy Warhol Art Authentication Board, Inc. stamp and numbered 'A123.969' on the reverse
ink on paper
27.9 x 21.5 cm (10 7/8 x 8 1/2 in.)
Executed circa 1950's.

Estimate
£6,000 - 8,000 

Sold for £8,750

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New Now

London Auction 11 April 2019