Shoes

ANDY WARHOL (1928-1987)

Shoes

signed and numbered (on the reverse)

screenprint with diamond dust on Arches Aquarelle paper

40 1/4 x 59 1/2 inches (101.2 x 151.1 cm)

framed: 46 x 65 1/4 inches (116.8 x 165.7 cm)

Executed in 1980. This work is from an edition of 60 plus 10 artist's proofs.

Published by Andy Warhol, New York.

PROVENANCE:

Americana Auctions, Massachusetts, 13 December 2017, lot 127

Private collection, California

LITERATURE:

Feldman & Schellmann II.256

Andy Warhol (1928 - 1987) emerged as a pioneering figure at the forefront of the 1960s Pop Art movement. His vivid silkscreens of Campbell’s Soup Cans, Marilyn Monroe, and other commercial icons blurred the lines between fine art, mass production and advertising. Working across film, photography, painting and printmaking, Warhol upended traditional notions of authorship and elevated the artist to celebrity status. His Factory studio became an incubator for artistic innovation, and his incisive critique of consumerism and fame continues to shape contemporary art and popular culture today.

Shoes (Deluxe Edition) reflects Warhol’s early and enduring fascination with fashion, surface, and desire, rooted in his beginnings as a commercial illustrator. Rendered in a restrained palette of dark grey, the addition of diamond dust introduces a tactile shimmer that elevates the everyday object into a symbol of luxury and aspiration.