Plus 1962-64 Warhol
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Except otherwise stated, all results include the premium.
Except otherwise stated, all results include the premium.
1962 Lemon Marilyn
2007 SOLD for $ 28M by Christie's
The series of twelve single Marilyn 51 x 41 cm are made with a single screen printing over acrylic paints of various colors. Two of these paintings are monochromatic. They are the precursors of the global imaging desired by Warhol.
The White Marilyn was sold for $ 41M by Christie's on May 13, 2014. The Lemon Marilyn was sold for $ 28M by Christie's on May 18, 2007, lot 18.
The Orange Marilyn was sold for $ 16.3M by Christie's on November 15, 2006, lot 32.
The White Marilyn was sold for $ 41M by Christie's on May 13, 2014. The Lemon Marilyn was sold for $ 28M by Christie's on May 18, 2007, lot 18.
The Orange Marilyn was sold for $ 16.3M by Christie's on November 15, 2006, lot 32.
1962 One Dollar Bill
2015 SOLD for £ 21M by Sotheby's
There is no doubt that Andy Warhol loved dollars, not just to fill his pockets but mainly as an undeniable symbol of modern America. He was also busy to create his own legend. Stories about his inspiration on this theme are certainly apocryphal.
On July 1, 2015, Sotheby's listed a wide selection of dollar paintings made by Warhol throughout his career, at first in the form of images of bills and later by more or less fanciful representations of the sign.
In early 1962 One Dollar Bill (silver certificate) is the gigantic cut down image of the front side of a one dollar bill. This casein and pencil on linen, 132 x 182 cm, was the first artwork made by Warhol on this theme and his only dollar painted entirely by hand. It is also contemporary with the series painted by hand of the variations on the soup cans. One Dollar Bill was sold for £ 21M from a lower estimate of £ 13M, lot 24.
From March 1962 Warhol imagines the multiplication of identical images by using silk screening. The US banknote is a suitable candidate for the first works in the new technique. The monumental 200 One Dollar Bills, 203 x 234 cm, showing 200 front sides in twenty lines of ten notes each, was sold for $ 43.7M by Sotheby's on 11 November 2009.
Coming back to the 2015 sale.
The back of the 2 dollar bill is also the subject of one of the works of 1962 and the excuse for a trial of green silkscreen ink. This painting 211 x 48 cm showing twenty lines of two notes each was unsold, lot 27.
Lot 26, also unsold in 2015, is a diptych dated 1962 and 1963 consisting of elements of same size and design as in lot 27. It is dedicated to the one dollar bill of which one of the elements of the diptych displays the front side and the other the back.It was sold for $ 3M by Sotheby's on May 16, 2018, lot 49.
On July 1, 2015, Sotheby's listed a wide selection of dollar paintings made by Warhol throughout his career, at first in the form of images of bills and later by more or less fanciful representations of the sign.
In early 1962 One Dollar Bill (silver certificate) is the gigantic cut down image of the front side of a one dollar bill. This casein and pencil on linen, 132 x 182 cm, was the first artwork made by Warhol on this theme and his only dollar painted entirely by hand. It is also contemporary with the series painted by hand of the variations on the soup cans. One Dollar Bill was sold for £ 21M from a lower estimate of £ 13M, lot 24.
From March 1962 Warhol imagines the multiplication of identical images by using silk screening. The US banknote is a suitable candidate for the first works in the new technique. The monumental 200 One Dollar Bills, 203 x 234 cm, showing 200 front sides in twenty lines of ten notes each, was sold for $ 43.7M by Sotheby's on 11 November 2009.
Coming back to the 2015 sale.
The back of the 2 dollar bill is also the subject of one of the works of 1962 and the excuse for a trial of green silkscreen ink. This painting 211 x 48 cm showing twenty lines of two notes each was unsold, lot 27.
Lot 26, also unsold in 2015, is a diptych dated 1962 and 1963 consisting of elements of same size and design as in lot 27. It is dedicated to the one dollar bill of which one of the elements of the diptych displays the front side and the other the back.It was sold for $ 3M by Sotheby's on May 16, 2018, lot 49.
1963 Elvis
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2 Times
2021 SOLD for $ 37M by Sotheby's
An Elvis 2 Times 207 x 180 cm in silkscreen ink and paint was sold for $ 37M by Sotheby's on May 12, 2021, lot 4. The silver paint of the background provides a high reflectivity. Please watch the video shared by Sotheby's.
The catalogue includes a photo in period featuring the actress Jean Seberg, aged 25, nicely playing a terror in front of two double Elvis's in Warhol's studio, including the piece narrated above.
The catalogue includes a photo in period featuring the actress Jean Seberg, aged 25, nicely playing a terror in front of two double Elvis's in Warhol's studio, including the piece narrated above.
2
Double
2012 SOLD for $ 37M by Sotheby's
Another Double Elvis 208 x 122 cm deliberately displays an extreme difference of contrast between the two overlapping printings which creates an illusion of flicker.
It was sold by Sotheby's on May 9, 2012 for $ 37M and by Christie's on May 17, 2018, lot 9 B, also for $ 37M.
It was sold by Sotheby's on May 9, 2012 for $ 37M and by Christie's on May 17, 2018, lot 9 B, also for $ 37M.
3
Single
2022 SOLD for $ 21.6M by Sotheby's
A single life size Elvis, silkscreen ink and silver paint on canvas 210 x 118 cm, was sold for $ 21.6M from a lower estimate of $ 15M by Sotheby's on May 19, 2022, lot 108.
1963 Early Colored Liz
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# 3 Green
2014 SOLD for $ 31.5M by Sotheby's
Andy Warhol has built much of his initial fame with a single image of Marilyn and a single image of Liz, taken from magazines. They however did not have the same role in the development of his business.
The first Marilyns from 1962 are experimental. Andy's idea is to mix the techniques of acrylic and silkscreen. He makes his hand in a variety of processes, dimensions and positioning of the image that is sometimes already multiplied in juxtaposition on a single canvas.
The Liz selected during the summer of 1963 opens the use of paint for a multiple reproduction with fixed dimensions. She is first seen on a background of silver painting, referring to the movie screens. A first pass of screen printing provides a mark for the colors: pink skin, red mouth, turquoise eye shadows. A second screen printing brings the deep black lines and hair.
In November 1963, Andy is preparing an exhibition of 101 x 101 cm Liz's which will be similar excepted the background color. The paintings used in this exhibition are numbered from 1 to 6. Seven additional specimens were not numbered. The series is identified as the Early Colored Liz.
The Early Colored Liz number 3 with green background was sold for $ 31.5M on November 11, 2014 by Sotheby's, lot 27.
In the following year, Andy uses his Liz in printed editions, again with backgrounds from various colors.
The first Marilyns from 1962 are experimental. Andy's idea is to mix the techniques of acrylic and silkscreen. He makes his hand in a variety of processes, dimensions and positioning of the image that is sometimes already multiplied in juxtaposition on a single canvas.
The Liz selected during the summer of 1963 opens the use of paint for a multiple reproduction with fixed dimensions. She is first seen on a background of silver painting, referring to the movie screens. A first pass of screen printing provides a mark for the colors: pink skin, red mouth, turquoise eye shadows. A second screen printing brings the deep black lines and hair.
In November 1963, Andy is preparing an exhibition of 101 x 101 cm Liz's which will be similar excepted the background color. The paintings used in this exhibition are numbered from 1 to 6. Seven additional specimens were not numbered. The series is identified as the Early Colored Liz.
The Early Colored Liz number 3 with green background was sold for $ 31.5M on November 11, 2014 by Sotheby's, lot 27.
In the following year, Andy uses his Liz in printed editions, again with backgrounds from various colors.
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# 5 Turquoise
2011 SOLD for $ 27M by Phillips de Pury
Liz Taylor died on March 23, 2011. The next day Phillips de Pury announced in a press release that her portrait by Warhol will be included in their contemporary art auction on May 12, 2011. Of course the negotiations with the seller had taken place before the death of the actress, but the media effect was very strong. It was sold for $ 27M.
This number 5 is the turquoise example from the group of six prepared for an exhibition at the end of 1963.
Unfortunately for her, Liz was sickly. Warhol used an expressionist technique for paying tribute to his idol. The violet contour of the eyes up to the eyebrows, the too dark red lips accentuate the appearance of pale face. The turquoise background of this serial number 5 has a chilling effect.
This number 5 is the turquoise example from the group of six prepared for an exhibition at the end of 1963.
Unfortunately for her, Liz was sickly. Warhol used an expressionist technique for paying tribute to his idol. The violet contour of the eyes up to the eyebrows, the too dark red lips accentuate the appearance of pale face. The turquoise background of this serial number 5 has a chilling effect.
3
Turquoise
2007 SOLD for $ 23.6M by Christie's
The whole group of the 1963 Early Colored Liz is made of of thirteen units 101 x 101 cm.
A painting with the turquoise background was sold for $ 23.6M by Christie's on November 13, 2007, lot 29.
A painting with the turquoise background was sold for $ 23.6M by Christie's on November 13, 2007, lot 29.
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# 1 Yellow
2013 SOLD for $ 20.3M by Sotheby's
The Early Colored Liz number 1 in a bright yellow background was sold for $ 20.3M on November 13, 2013 by Sotheby's.
From the same series of thirteen, a Liz with a cerulean blue background was sold for $ 19.3M by Christie's on May 15, 2019, lot 8 B. It is misdated 62 on the overlap.
A Liz on dark red background was sold for $ 12.6M by Sotheby's on May 10, 2005.
From the same series of thirteen, a Liz with a cerulean blue background was sold for $ 19.3M by Christie's on May 15, 2019, lot 8 B. It is misdated 62 on the overlap.
A Liz on dark red background was sold for $ 12.6M by Sotheby's on May 10, 2005.
1964 Sixteen Jackies
2021 SOLD for $ 34M by Sotheby's
The series of Jackies by Andy Warhol was using eight different images taken from the press coverage before and after the President's assassination, reused as emotional portraits without their context.
The individual screenprints from the recuperated images were serially made on 50 x 40 cm canvases prepared in flat blue, gold or left in white, before being assembled as composite items.
This work was executed in 1964, the year after the death of the President, as a good example of the application of Death and Disaster in US life, including the fall from an ephemeral celebrity. 24 multiplied Jackies were exhibited in Philadelphia in October 1965. Their composite structure enabled them to be reconstructed from one installation to the next.
A Sixteen Jackies was sold by Christie's for $ 15.7M on November 15, 2006, lot 37, and for $ 34M by Sotheby's on November 15, 2021, lot 12. It is made of 16 canvases from the Philadelphia exhibition for an overall size of 206 x 165 cm.
This 4 x 4 grid is using six images in respectively 4, 3, 3, 3, 2 and 1 examples, equally mixing eight blue and eight black and white reproductions without the rare gold variants.
On May 10, 2011, Sotheby's sold at lot 21 for $ 20.2M a Sixteen Jackies made in 1964 by Warhol. A 4 x 4 grid of monochrome panels in dark blue, gold and black and white combine various portraits of the widowed Jackie Kennedy, for an overall size of 203 x 162 cm. This set has been reconstructed by a collector for using seven of the sourced images and one reverted image.
The individual screenprints from the recuperated images were serially made on 50 x 40 cm canvases prepared in flat blue, gold or left in white, before being assembled as composite items.
This work was executed in 1964, the year after the death of the President, as a good example of the application of Death and Disaster in US life, including the fall from an ephemeral celebrity. 24 multiplied Jackies were exhibited in Philadelphia in October 1965. Their composite structure enabled them to be reconstructed from one installation to the next.
A Sixteen Jackies was sold by Christie's for $ 15.7M on November 15, 2006, lot 37, and for $ 34M by Sotheby's on November 15, 2021, lot 12. It is made of 16 canvases from the Philadelphia exhibition for an overall size of 206 x 165 cm.
This 4 x 4 grid is using six images in respectively 4, 3, 3, 3, 2 and 1 examples, equally mixing eight blue and eight black and white reproductions without the rare gold variants.
On May 10, 2011, Sotheby's sold at lot 21 for $ 20.2M a Sixteen Jackies made in 1964 by Warhol. A 4 x 4 grid of monochrome panels in dark blue, gold and black and white combine various portraits of the widowed Jackie Kennedy, for an overall size of 203 x 162 cm. This set has been reconstructed by a collector for using seven of the sourced images and one reverted image.
