Silkscreen in colors on cotton wool
USA, post 1981
Andy Warhol (1928-1987) – US-American artist, graphic artist and filmmaker
Jockey International – US-American manufacturer of underwear and sleepwear
Signed in black felt pen ‘Andy Warhol’
Y-front pants with Warhol’s iconic Dollar sign
Alpha size: 32
Dimensions: c. 34 x 33 cm
Very good condition
Estimate by Auctionata Expert: 7,000 Euro

Warhol, born into a poor family in industrial Pittsburgh, he openly admits that he is hardly interested in a financial progress and turns it into one of his most favored image motifs. As long ago as in the early 1960s he depicts the symbol of One-Dollar-Notes. 1981, he returns to this topic and went on producing a complete series of drawings and paintings with the Dollar sign.

Condition:

The jockey shorts are in a very good condition and have never been worn. Two tiny color stains as well as natural folds are visible. The alpha size is 32, the dimensions measure approx. 34 x 33 cm.

Andy Warhol (1928-1987)

Andy Warhol, founder and leading figure of the American Pop Art, was born in 1928 as a son of Russian immigrants in Pennsylvania. He began his career as an artist by creating advertising graphics. Already in 1956, he presented his graphic works at the Museum of Modern Art. In the early 1960s Warhol began experimenting with different techniques and started focusing on typically American objects of the consumer society, as for example Campbell’s soup cans or Coca Cola bottles. In 1962 Warhol started with his series of portraits of famous stars, such as Marilyn Monroe or Elvis Presley who were then at the height of their career. His renowned studio ‘The Factory’ was a meeting point for internationally successful artists, actors and musicians. As early as in the 1970s galleries started exhibiting Warhol’s work, which is now part of some of the most famous collections, such as the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Tate Modern in London and the Musée d’Art Moderne in Paris. (nlu)

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