A Warhol For Xmas?
"Could be worth $35.3m one day ... more if it features a slimline alumimium can of course!"
Last month, at Sotheby’s Contemporary Art Evening Sale in New York, the 7ft 1962 Warhol painting of a Coca Cola bottle sold for a tidy some of cash. Try $35.3m. This against the presale estimate of $25m!
For those of you not necessarily dialed in to the whole Warhol phenomena - from the 1960's to 1980's, portraits by this New York artist were de rigeur for the rich and famous. Anybody who was anybody wanted one, and owning an original was an undisputed mark of fashionable, social and career achievement - indeed, only the very wealthy could afford one. The commissioning price could reach $40,000.
The Warhol technique was all about colouring-in silk-screened and monstrously enlarged photographs with deliberately clumsy blocks of psychedelic and pastel colour on canvas.
There will neer be any more genuine Warhol pictures because the artist died in 1987. However unsurprisingly there are today some talented Warhol inspired artists around looking to make new portraits in his style so that new generations might still own something like the real thing, but at an affordable price.
Modern digital techniques combined with today's printing technology make this more commercial than ever but if you're looking for your own Warholesque one off, the trick is to find and commision the more superior creative talents around in this field. Those who have genuinely studied the original master's work in detail, and thus are capable of delivering an unmatched authenticity and reverent spirit of homage in their work. If you're looking for a special Xmas present this year try these guys out for size. Only remember ... slimline alumimium is so the way forward if you're looking to cream a few million!
By Sammy on 3/12/10
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