Andy Warhol’s Portrait of Debbie Harry, A Highlight of Sotheby’s Contemporary Art Sale
June 26, 2011 by All Art News
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LONDON.- Selected as the cover image for the major survey of Warhol’s portraiture published by Phaidon in 2005, Debbie Harry, from 1980, is one of Warhol’s most accomplished portraits of celebrity. One of only four such portraits of the Blondie star in this rare 42 inches format, two of which are in the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh, this pink version has become one of the best recognized images in Warhol’s oeuvre and the definitive portrait of the 1980s style [...]
Andy Warhol Portraits of Prince Charles and Princess Diana for Sale at Opera Gallery
January 16, 2011 by All Art News
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LONDON (AP).- A London art gallery says it is putting on sale two portraits by artist Andy Warhol, created to celebrate the wedding of Prince Charles and Princess Diana. The Opera Gallery in London says it acquired the original artworks from a private collection and will be selling them as a diptych for 2 million pounds ($3.15 million.) The central London gallery says Wednesday that the portraits — in silkscreen ink on canvas — were completed in 1982, shortly after [...]
Andy Warhol Portraits of Celebrities Looks at Seminal Work at Danziger Projects
January 9, 2011 by All Art News
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NEW YORK, NY.- As an iconic member of the pop movement of the 1960′s, Warhol gained fame and recognition for his depiction of recognizable objects and individuals, from brand names products to faces of the rich, famous, and powerful. The exhibition is on display through February 26, 2011 at Danziger Projects. “Big Shots: Andy Warhol Polaroids of Celebrities” provides a look at a lesser-known but seminal body of work by the artist who was dazzled by celebrity and found much [...]
