ANDY WARHOL (B. 1928)

Blue Jeans

unique Polaroid print

Sheet: 4 1/4 × 3 3/8 inches (10.8 × 8.6 cm)

Framed: 11 × 8 3/4 × 1 1/4 inches (27.9 × 22.2 × 3.2 cm)

Executed in 1984. Accompanied by a Certificate of Provenance from Christie's / The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.

PROVENANCE:

Estate of Andy Warhol

Their sale; Christie's, New York, 16-25 June 2015, lot 91

Acquired from the above sale by the present owner

NOTES:

Andy Warhol redefined the boundaries of art in the 20th century, turning mass production, celebrity, and consumerism into his palette. As the leading figure of Pop Art, Warhol used silkscreen printing, photography, and film to elevate everyday objects and icons into powerful cultural mirrors. From Marilyn Monroe to Campbell’s soup cans, his work challenged traditional hierarchies and blurred the line between fine art and commercial image.

Blue Jeans is emblematic of this approach—spotlighting one of America’s most democratic garments. With a deceptively simple subject, Warhol captures the cultural weight of denim: a fabric synonymous with youth rebellion, sex appeal, and working-class authenticity. Whether presented through his signature silkscreen or another medium, the image transforms blue jeans into both product and portrait—mass-manufactured yet deeply personal.

In Warhol’s hands, the ordinary becomes myth. Blue Jeans stands not only as a visual artifact but as a meditation on desire, identity, and the commodification of the self—a classic Warholian tension that continues to resonate across generations.