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Andy Warhol

(Pittsburgh, 1928 – New York, 1987)

Jacques Bellini, 1983

Graphite on HMP Paper (Hand made PAper)
Stamped on the back
- The Estate of Andy Warhol
- The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts
Inscribed on the back SF 115.039
79,8 x 60 cm

Provenance :

- Estate of Andy Warhol, New York

- The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, New York

Literature :

- Will be reproduced in the forthcoming Andy Warhol Catalogue Raisonné being prepared by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts

 

"No matter if I paint a Cola bottle or a person, if I produce a TV show or take photographs, I always end in portraits" Andy Warhol

Andy WARHOL - Jacques Bellini, 1983 - Screen printing and ink on canvas

On any given night there were hordes of beautifully attired people at Studio. Studio offered an opportunity to be glamorous for the first time in a decade. Jacques Bellini was a great French designer with a small private salon on East Sixtieth Street in New York. He made gorgeous cloths for the rich and very rich.” (B. Miller, Fabulous! A Photographic Diary of Studio 54, New York, 1998, p. 28)

 

Jacques Bellini, was a tailor for the stars or such as Liza Minnelli, Cher, Marlene Dietrich or even Salvador Dali.

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