Andy Warhol (1928-1987)

Portrait of a Woman

Details

Andy Warhol (1928-1987)
Portrait of a Woman
stamped with the Estate of Andy Warhol and the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts stamps and numbered 143.006 (on the reverse)
graphite on paper
29 x 23 in. (73.6 x 58.4 cm.)
Drawn in 1962.

Provenance

The Estate of Andy Warhol and the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, New York
Christophe Van De Weghe Fine Art, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Exhibited

New York, Museum of Modern Art; London, Arts Council South Bank Centre, Hayward Gallery and Paris, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Andy Warhol: A Retrospective, February 1989-September 1990, p. 222, no. 217 (illustrated).

Lot Essay

Although not directly identified in the title of the present work, the subject of this drawing is the actress Natalie Wood. This early drawing is one of the earliest examples of Warhol's star struck subject matter that would dominate most of his work in the 1960s and propel him into his own celebrity. Warhol would go on to produce several paintings of Natalie Wood, Hollywood and America's sweetheart.

Portrait of a Woman

Lot Essay

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