Star Andy Warhol Screenprint and Colophon with Diamond Dust. 1981. 38x38 inches approx. This unsigned working trial proof was made outside the regular edition during the process of image development and production. Includes certificate of authenticity. The publisher's stamp is on the verso, as well as the printer's blind stamp. This artwork not numbered. Publisher: Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, Inc., NY. Printer: Rupert Jasen Smith, NY. Guaranteed Authentic

This is in excellent condition. Guaranteed Authentic Andy Warhol (b 1928-1987) was the most successful and highly paid commercial illustrator in New York even before he began to make art destined for galleries. Nevertheless, his screen printed images of Marilyn Monroe, soup cans, and sensational newspaper stories, quickly became synonymous with Pop art. He emerged from the poverty and obscurity of an Eastern European immigrant family in Pittsburgh, to become a charismatic magnet for bohemian New York, and to ultimately find a place in the circles of High Society. For many his ascent echoes one of Pop art's ambitions, to bring popular styles and subjects into the exclusive salons of high art. His elevation to the status of a popular icon represented a new kind of fame and celebrity for a fine artist. Andy Warhol, was an American artist who was a leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art. His works explore the relationship between artistic expression, celebrity culture and advertisement that flourished by the 1960s. After a successful career as a commercial illustrator, Warhol became a renowned and sometimes controversial artist. The Andy Warhol Museum in his native city, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, holds an extensive permanent collection of art and archives. It is the largest museum in the United States dedicated to a single artist.