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Although Warhol is primarily known for his graphic work, he was nonetheless also an excellent draftsman; one might even say that drawing was a constant part of his artistic practice. As a child, he attended classes at the Carnegie Museum of Art and later won awards for drawings he had created in high school. At the Carnegie Institute of Technology Warhol’s unconventional, nontraditional drawing style did not meet all academic standards and he was told to do extra work during the summer break.
In the 1950s, Warhol filled whole sketchbooks with freehand drawings, mostly drawing friends or still life in ballpoint pen. Several books of his drawings from this period have been published, includingWild Raspberries and Boy Book.
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The sheet bears a larger restored area at the left margin. In places barely visible handling creases can be found as well as partially slight surface defects and a tiny blemish at the right border. The sheet is mounted to a mat with 3 photo corners and framed. The image dimensions measure c. 24.7 x 19.5 cm, the sheet dimensions are 35.9 x 24.8 cm. The size of the passe-partout is 50.4 x 50.4 cm.
Andy Warhol (1928-1987)
Andy Warhol, founder and leading figure of the American Pop art, was born in 1928 as a son of a Russian family in Pittsburgh. He began his artistic career by creating advertising graphics. In 1956, he presented his first graphic works at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. In the early 1960s, Warhol began experimenting with different techniques and started focusing on typical American objects of the consumer society, as for example Campbell’s soup cans or Coca Cola bottles. In 1962, Warhol started with his series of portraits of famous stars, such as Marilyn Monroe or Elvis Presley, who were then at the height of their career. His well-known studio ‘The Factory’ was a meeting point for internationally successful artists, actors and musicians. As early as the 1970s, galleries started exhibiting Warhol’s work, which is now part of some of the most famous collections, including the Modern Museum of Art in New York, the Tate Modern in London and the Musée d’Art Moderne in Paris.
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