Andy Warhol (1928-1987)

Diamond Dust Shoes

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Andy Warhol (1928-1987)
Diamond Dust Shoes
stamped with the Estate of Andy Warhol stamp and numbered ‘099EUT.013’ (on the reverse)
screenprint in colors with diamond dust on paper
40 x 59 5/8 in. (101.6 x 151.4 cm.)
Executed in 1980. This work is an unpublished trial proof aside from the edition of 60 plus 10 artist’s proofs in a different color combination.

Provenance

The Estate of Andy Warhol
Private collection, London
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2005

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“Diamond Dust Shoes [is] characterized by an effective combination of a black background and endless multicolored shoes, in which Warhol reprises the fetish image par excellence and the early incarnation of his dreams of glamour and fame: the woman’s shoe that at the beginning of his career, when he was a successful commercial artist, was his calling card…”

Achille Bonito Oliva, Andy Warhol The American Dream, Silvana Editoriale, Porto Servo, 2013, p. 68.

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