Winter Auction 2017 Ending January 29
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 1/29/2017
Andy Warhol, a shy commercial artist during the 1950's, had made himself a millionaire by creating the Pop Art movement of the early 1960's. His fun and in your face take on the modern world radically altered what the definition of "art" was. He then changed the face of music by mentoring The Velvet Underground who in turn continues to inspire legions of bands around the world. Going into the mid-1970's Warhol had transitioned from being an mere artist into a cultural icon the likes of which the world had never seen. People wanted to be Warhol and in 1976 he gave then the handbook to follow. "The Philosophy of Andy Warhol" is a sort of autobiography in which Warhol muses on his childhood, business acumen and love, interspersed with transcripts of telephone conversations - it was true Warhol. This piece is a cut page from the book upon which the artist has signed his name in pencil, adding an awesome sketch of the product that made him famous - the Campbell's Soup Can! Dated 1976, the signature is both large and bold and the page is clean with no visible flaws. Warhol autographs are special in and of themselves yet this one stands out as it is on a page from his autobiography and includes a drawing in his own hand of the thing that made him "Andy Warhol". The encapsulated page measures 5" x 7" and is authenticated by PSA/DNA.