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Lot 153:
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Andy Warhol (1928 – 1987) Signed in Marker by Andy Warhol. Mick Jagger 10 Portfolio Cards 1975 A set of ten announcement cards, 1975, published by Castelli Graphics (Leo Castelli) to advertise the forthcoming portfolio of ten limited edition silkscreen prints by Andy Warhol of Mick Jagger, Seabird Editions, 1975, All 6x4in.Front folder signed in marker by Andy Warhol as are all 10 cards. Leo Castelli (1907-1999) was one of the more recognizable art dealers of the latter half of the 20th century. The sheer breadth of his taste, encompassing everything from Surrealism to Pop to Minimalism to Conceptual Art and more, largely contributed to his notoriety and eventually made him a subject worthy of depiction in the very art for which he advocated. Castelli opened a gallery on New Yorks 77th Street in 1957 with the intention of showing the best of contemporary American art. It was here that Andy Warhol debuted his Flowers paintings in November 1964, mere months after having had a major show at Ileana’s Galerie in Paris. Like Ferus Gallery owner, Irving Blum, Castelli found nothing much that he liked upon visiting Warhols Lexington Ave apartment-cum-studio in the early 60s. It wasnt until he saw Warhol in the gallery (most likely his early 64 show at the Stable Gallery which included his newly minted Brillo and Heinz sculptures) that Castelli was won over and decided to represent him. Warhol would exhibit and debut several future projects, such as his Silver Clouds and Mao portraits at Castelli’s gallery well into the late 80s. Meanwhile, Castelli would form a reputation as one of the foremost publicists of contemporary American art. Although Andy Warhol admired many of his portrait subjects from afar, it was his personal relationship with Mick Jagger that culminated in Warhol’s iconic 10 print portfolio of Jagger’s face in 1975. Depicting the rock star in a variety of poses, the portraits feature abstract swaths of opaque color, sometimes obscuring the singers face, giving the prints a collage-like appearance. Warhol and Jagger met in 1964, when the Rolling Stones were relatively unknown in the United States. Their creative collaboration was solidified when Jagger asked Warhol to design the album cover for Sticky Fingers (1971). Ever the provocateur, Warhol’s album cover design featured the image of a mans denim clad crotch with an exposed zipper. Measures 6"x4". Weight 2.1 oz.
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