Artist: Andy Warhol (American, 1928 - 1987).
Title: "Silver Banana".
Medium: Crayon drawing on paper.
Date: Composed 1977.
Dimensions: Overall size: 5 x 7 1/4 in. (127 x 184 mm).
Lot Note(s): Signed and dated, lower center. Drawn on cream wove paper. Very good to fine condition. Provenance: The work comes from the collection of Urbano Quinto and was acquired directly from Andy Warhol in 1977 at the Studio 54 nightclub, 254 West 54th Street, New York City. The noted Italian author, art dealer, and art collector Urbano Quinto (Rhodes, Greece, 1933 - Novara, Italy, 1997) met Warhol in April 1977 at the inauguration of Studio 54, New York City. Quinto acquired drawings from Jean-Michel Basquiat, Keith Haring, and Andy Warhol, as well as other notable artists, directly from them beginning in the 1950’s and continuing through the 1980’s. A copy of the Letter of Authenticity (‘COA’) by Urbano Quinto pertaining to this work accompanies the lot. Comment(s): Please see the attached image of Urbano Quinto with Halston, Andy Warhol, and Bianca Jagger at Studio 54, New York City, c1977 (courtesy of and copyright © by Hasse Persson). Warhol image copyright © Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. [30546-2-3000] |
