Portrait of a Young Man - 1955 25x20 - Early
Andy Warhol
Works on Paper (not prints) : Line Drawing w/ Black Ballpoint on White Paper
Size : 17x14 in | 43x36 cm
Framed : 25x22 in | 64x56 cm
- 🔥Early 1955 Framed Authenticated Drawing - Blue Chip - Inquire
Year1955
Not Signed
Condition Other - minor time stains
Framed with PlexiglassBlack Frame
Purchased fromAuction House 2022
Provenance / HistoryProvenance: The Estate of Andy Warhol and thence , the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Acquired from them directly.
Story / Additional InfoTitle: Portrait of a Young Man 3/TOP200.147 (s.9636)Medium: Original line drawing, Black ballpoint on white paper,1955/1957, an unsigned work, with Warhol Foundation archive numbers verso reference. Authenticity : This comes with a certification of provenance from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts TOP200.147 Provenance: The Estate of Andy Warhol and thence , the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Acquired from them directly. Note: Long before his rise to the pinnacle of pop art, Andy Warhol created a series of seductive drawings celebrating male beauty. The book “Andy Warhol Love, Sex & Desire: Drawings 1950-1962” (a copy of which is provided gratis to the buyer of this piece) contains over 300 of these works, mostly done in ink on paper. The sheets show young men, some naked, some in sexually charged poses, others adorned with teasing black hearts. They hang around, flirtatiously flaunting their flawless bodies, or seem bored in the
Certificate of AuthenticityAndy Warhol Foundation
LID158874
Andy Warhol - United States
Andy Warhol. American. Born Andrew Warhola 1928 in Pittsburgh, PA. Died 1987.Obsessed with celebrity and consumer culture, Pop artist Andy Warhol created some of the most iconic images of the 20th century. Warhol was the most successful and highly paid commercial illustrator in New York even before he began to make art destined for museums and major collections.Andy Warhol would use many mediums to produce art: video, sculpture, painting, and printmaking. He extensively used screen printing from 1962 to 1987.At the start of the 1970s Andy Warhol began publishing Interview magazine and renewed his focus on painting. Works created in this decade include Mao, Skulls, Hammer and Sickles, Torsos and Shadows and many commissioned portraits. His screen-printed images of Marilyn Monroe, Campbell soup cans, and sensational newspaper stories, quickly became synonymous with Pop art. He took what he saw around him and turned it into high art.Warhol’s 1963 8’x13’ Silver Car Crash painting sold in 2017 for $105million. His paintings continue to fetch record prices. His signed and numbered graphics are in great demand worldwide. Art Brokerage is a world leader in marketing secondary prints and original paintings.We are buying and paying cash for inventory now!