Andy Warhol
LADIES & GENTLEMEN FS II.130, 1975
In 1975, Interview magazine editor Bob Colacello strolled into The Gilded Grape, a dive nightclub …
From the Ladies and Gentlemen Portfolio. Screenprint in colors on arches paper. Artwork sheet …
Obsessed with celebrity, consumer culture, and mechanical (re)production, Pop artist Andy Warhol created some of the most iconic images of the 20th century. As famous for his quips as for his art—he variously mused that “art is what you can get away with” and “everyone will be famous for 15 minutes”—Warhol drew widely from popular culture and everyday subject matter, creating works like his 32 Campbell's Soup Cans (1962), Brillo pad box sculptures, and portraits of Marilyn Monroe, using the medium of silk-screen printmaking to achieve his characteristic hard edges and flat areas of color. Known for his cultivation of celebrity, Factory studio (a radical social and creative melting pot), and avant-garde films like Chelsea Girls (1966), Warhol was also a mentor to artists like Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat. His Pop sensibility is now standard practice, taken up by major contemporary artists Richard Prince, Takashi Murakami, and Jeff Koons, among countless others.
In 1975, Interview magazine editor Bob Colacello strolled into The Gilded Grape, a dive nightclub in New York City’s Hell’s Kitchen, with one question. He approached a group of glamorous drag queens, asking them if they’d be willing to model for “a friend” for $50. That friend happened to be Andy Warhol, who later …
From the Ladies and Gentlemen Portfolio. Screenprint in colors on arches paper. Artwork sheet size 43.33 x 28.5 in. Framed. From the edition of 125. Published by Luciano Anselmino, Milan, Italy. Printed by Alexander Heinrici, New York. All reasonable offers will be considered.
Obsessed with celebrity, consumer culture, and mechanical (re)production, Pop artist Andy Warhol created some of the most iconic images of the 20th century. As famous for his quips as for his art—he variously mused that “art is what you can get away with” and “everyone will be famous for 15 minutes”—Warhol drew widely from popular culture and everyday subject matter, creating works like his 32 Campbell's Soup Cans (1962), Brillo pad box sculptures, and portraits of Marilyn Monroe, using the medium of silk-screen printmaking to achieve his characteristic hard edges and flat areas of color. Known for his cultivation of celebrity, Factory studio (a radical social and creative melting pot), and avant-garde films like Chelsea Girls (1966), Warhol was also a mentor to artists like Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat. His Pop sensibility is now standard practice, taken up by major contemporary artists Richard Prince, Takashi Murakami, and Jeff Koons, among countless others.
