An Andy Warhol silkscreen portrait of O.J. Simpson is going up for auction.
showed up without a football or a jersey, and Warhol had to scramble to find a ball. That Polaroid shoot led to 11 silkscreen portraits; one of them is now going on auction for the first time.
Signed by both men, the portrait is billed by the auction house as a work that brings together two of the most recognizable names“Warhol certainly could never have imagined how differently the image would come to be viewed, nor the controversy that still lingers around its subject today,” said Robert Manley, co-head of 20th century and contemporary art at the Phillips auction house, which is auctioning the work May 16.
Argentina Últimas Noticias, Argentina Titulares
Similar News:También puedes leer noticias similares a ésta que hemos recopilado de otras fuentes de noticias.
Andy Warhol portrait of OJ Simpson goes on auction blockAn Andy Warhol silkscreen portrait of O.J. Simpson is going up for auction
Leer más »
Andy Warhol portrait of OJ Simpson goes on auction blockIt was 1977, and Andy Warhol was at work on his “Athletes” series, portraits of top sports personalities who, he felt, were gaining cultural prominence just like “the movie stars of yesterday.” One of them was then the star running back of the Buffalo Bills: O.J. Simpson.
Leer más »
Andy Warhol portrait of OJ Simpson goes on auction blockAn Andy Warhol silkscreen portrait of O.J. Simpson is going up for auction. Part of Warhol's famous “Athletes” series, the portrait spent 19 years in the possession of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, which says it never displayed it. The Phillips auction house is billing the work as a rare instance of two major 20th century pop culture figures coming together. Now 75, Simpson was acquitted in 1995 of the double slayings of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ronald Goldman. He was found liable for the deaths in 1997 by a California civil court jury, and later served nine years in prison for armed robbery.
Leer más »
Andy Warhol Portrait of OJ Simpson Goes on Auction BlockThe work will be on public display May 6-15 in New York before being auctioned.
Leer más »
Andy Warhol portrait of OJ Simpson goes on auction block“Warhol certainly could never have imagined how differently the image would come to be viewed, nor the controversy that still lingers around its subject today,” said Robert Manley.
Leer más »