1956
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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Andy Warhol Lithograph and Watercolor, In the Bottom of My Garden (Plate 11)
By Andy Warhol
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Andy Warhol Title: Untitled (Plate 11) Portfolio: 1956 In the Bottom of My Garden Medium: Offset lithograph and watercolor on paper Date: 1956 Frame Size: 15 3/4" x 18 3/8" S...
Lithograph, Watercolor
Andy Warhol Lithograph and Watercolor, In the Bottom of My Garden (Plate 18)
By Andy Warhol
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Andy Warhol Title: Untitled (Plate 18) Portfolio: 1956 In the Bottom of My Garden Medium: Offset lithograph and watercolor on paper Date: 1956 Frame Size: 15 3/4" x 18 3/8" S...
Lithograph, Watercolor
Andy Warhol Lithograph and Watercolor, In the Bottom of My Garden (Plate 15)
By Andy Warhol
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Andy Warhol Title: Untitled (Plate 15) Portfolio: 1956 In the Bottom of My Garden Medium: Offset lithograph and watercolor on paper Date: 1956 Frame Size: 15 3/4" x 18 3/8" ...
Lithograph, Watercolor
Andy Warhol Lithograph and Watercolor, In the Bottom of My Garden (Plate 5)
By Andy Warhol
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Andy Warhol Title: Untitled (Plate 5) Portfolio: 1956 In the Bottom of My Garden Medium: Offset lithograph and watercolor on paper Date: 1956 Frame Size: 15 3/4" x 18 3/8" Sh...
Lithograph, Watercolor
Andy Warhol Lithograph and Watercolor, In the Bottom of My Garden (Plate 8)
By Andy Warhol
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Andy Warhol Title: Untitled (Plate 8) Portfolio: 1956 In the Bottom of My Garden Medium: Offset lithograph and watercolor on paper Date: 1956 Frame Size: 15 3/4" x 18 3/8" Sh...
Lithograph, Watercolor
Andy Warhol Kiku, Signed Screenprint, 1983, Framed
By Andy Warhol
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Andy Warhol Title: Kiku Medium: Screenprint on Rives BFK paper Date: 1983 Edition: AP 12/30 Frame Size: 32 1/4" x 38 1/2" Sheet Size: 19 5/8" x 26" Signature: Hand signed and...
Screen
Andy Warhol In the Bottom of My Garden (hand colored lithograph)
By Andy Warhol
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Andy Warhol In the Bottom of My Garden c. 1956: A double-sided hand-colored lithograph from, Andy Warhol In the Bottom of My Garden (F. & S. IV.104A-105A). Executed by Warhol c...
Paper, Watercolor, Lithograph
In the Bottom of My Garden FS II.86-105, Complete Book of 20 Lithographs, 1956
By Andy Warhol
Located in Aventura, FL
Complete book comprising of 20 offset lithographs and cardboard cover, all hand-colored with watercolor. From the edition of unknown size. All 20 sheets bound (as issued). Minor ti...
Paper, Watercolor, Lithograph
Andy Warhol Bodley Gallery announcement 1957 (1950s Andy Warhol)
By Andy Warhol
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Andy Warhol Bodley Gallery 1957: A rare, 1950s gallery announcement offset illustrated by Andy Warhol on the occasion of: Andy Warhol Golden Pictures: December 2 - December 24, 1957: The Bodley Gallery 223 East 60th St., New York, NY. A scarce, historical Andy Warhol Pre-Pop illustration; highly collectible. Medium: Double-sided offset lithograph in colors, on wove paper, with full margins, before folding. Dimensions: 12 3/4 x 19 1/2 in. (32.4 x 49.5 cm) Good overall vintage condition. Minor signs of aging & handling. Well-preserved. Unsigned from an edition of unknown. Warhol Foundation annotations in pencil on one side. Provenance: The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, New York. Susan Sheehan Gallery, New York. Private Collection, New York. Literature: Kornbluth: Pre-Pop Warhol, no. 66, pp. 164-165. Further background: Warhol’s career began as a commercial illustrator on New York’s Madison Avenue in 1949, during the massive post-war economic boom. His arrival additionally coincided with an extensive change in the motivations and strategies behind advertising, utilizing applied psychology to influence American consumers to purchase products. This stint as an ad man would further his Pop interest in cultural commercialization and start his artistic career; thus began the first chapter of Warhol’s oeuvre. Several of Andy Warhol's earliest exhibitions in New York were at the Bodley during the 1950s, starting with two in 1956. _ Obsessed with celebrity, consumer culture, and mechanical reproduction, Pop Art king, Andy Warhol created some of the 20th century’s most iconic images. Warhol was widely influenced by popular & consumer culture, with this being evident in some of his most famous works: 32 Campbell's soup cans, Brillo pad box sculptures, and portraits of Marilyn Monroe & Mick Jagger, for example. Rejecting the standard painting and sculpting modes of his era, Warhol embraced silk-screen printmaking to achieve his characteristic hard edges and flat areas of color. The artist mentored Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat and continues to influence contemporary art around the world: His most bold successors include Richard Prince, Takashi Murakami, and Jeff Koons. Warhol has been the subject of exhibitions at the Whitney Museum of American Art, Museum of Modern Art, Tate Modern, and Centre Pompidou, among other institutions. Related Categories 1950s Andy Warhol. Vintage Andy Warhol. Mid century modern. Pop Art. Andy Warhol advertising...
Paper, Lithograph
After Andy Warhol 'Marilyn' (Invitation) Color Offset Lithograph 1981
By Andy Warhol
Located in Miami, FL
ANDY WARHOL (1928-1987) Marilyn (Invitation), is an offset lithograph in color, signed in marker pen on the front and back. Printed by Colour Editions INC, it served as an invitatio...
Lithograph
Andy Warhol, SCARCE invitation to book launch of "In the Bottom of My Garden"
By Andy Warhol
Located in New York, NY
This is an incredibly delicate and historic invitation, printed on thin rice paper, to an opening at Manhattan's famed Serendipity 3 (22 East 60th Street) to view Andy Warhol's new p...
Handmade Paper, Offset
Wrapping Paper Offset Lithograph, Hand-Colored, Pop Art, 1957, Authenticated
By Andy Warhol
Located in Aventura, FL
Offset lithograph with hand-coloring, on wove paper. From an edition of unknown size. Estate of Andy Warhol and Andy Warhol Art Authentication Board Inc. stamps on verso. With ini...
Paper, Lithograph
