Andy Warhol (1928-1987)Torso signed and dated 'Andy Warhol 1977' (on the overlap) acrylic and silkscreen ink on linen canvas 50 1/8 x 40 in. (127.3 x 101.6 cm.) Executed in 1977.FootnotesProvenance The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc., New York. Anthony d'Offay Fine Arts, London. Sale, Sotheby's, New York, May 11, 2006, lot 301. Frédéric Bouin, New York. Exhibited Los Angeles, Ace Gallery, September-October 1978. Vancouver, Ace Gallery, April 1979. Portland, Oregon, Center for the Visual Arts, September-November 1980. New York, Robert Miller Gallery, Andy Warhol Nudes, May 2-June 17, 1995, n.p., no. 37, illustrated. London, Anthony d'Offay Fine Arts, 1999. Literature N. Printz, S. King-Nero, eds., The Andy Warhol Catalogue Raisonné: Paintings, 1976-1978, vol. 05B, New York, 2018, pp. 46, 60, no. 3851, illustrated (as Torso (Male Genitals)). Executed in 1977, the present work is stamped by the Estate of Andy Warhol and the Andy Warhol Art Authentication Board, Inc. and numbered PA79.007 on the turnover edge. In December of 1976, Andy Warhol ventured into a monumental series that explored closeup perspectives of primarily the male form and focused his lens on the sexual areas of the body, paying attention to cropping out facial features and limbs. Almost all of Warhol's representations of the human body in his oeuvre are centered on intense, closely focused perspectives of form. Using his Big Shot portrait Polaroid camera, Warhol worked on the series for the majority of 1977 with the assistance of Victor Hugo (1942-1993), designer Halston's creative director and partner. Hugo aided Warhol in recruiting many of the models for the series, including three women, and assisted Warhol during his photo shoots, even posing for numerous photos himself. Warhol often referred to his models and the photographs that he took of them as "landscapes," famously remarking to Bob Colacello, "Just tell them it's art, Bob. They're landscapes" (as quoted in B. Colacello, Holy Terror: Andy Warhol Close-Up, New York, 1990, p. 337). Dating between October 1976 to August 1977, Warhol shot as many as 1,664 Polaroids of his "landscapes," more than three times the number of Polaroids produced for either his Ladies and Gentleman and Athletes series. (N. Printz, S. King-Nero, eds., The Andy Warhol Catalogue Raisonné: Paintings, 1976-1978, vol. 05B, New York, 2018, p. 43) Each photograph Warhol took of his models was carefully composed and framed to successfully aestheticize his erotic and often intensely graphic subjects. In addition to developing Polaroids during these sessions, Warhol produced 47 black-and-white contact sheets that record sessions with one model or more and shot black-and-white film that depict the inner workings of the production of these sessions, many of which reveal the full bodies and identities of his models. Warhol utilized the Polaroids and film produced from his studio sessions with his models as a source of inspiration for the drawings and paintings that would come to make up his Torsos series. The Torsos included 85 canvases and 43 relevant drawings and of the 85 canvases, 35 including the present work center on the male genitalia. Only eight male models and two female models appear in the paintings for the series out of the numerous models that Warhol employed. Of the eight male models, three appear in the majority of the finished works for the series: Victor Hugo actor Bobby Houston (b. 1955) who was introduced to Warhol through his assistant Christopher Makos (b. 1948) at the time, and porn star William Kennedy Harrison (1947-1991, aka Big Bill, Bill Harrison, Ken Harrison, and Ronnie Shark), model for the present work. Harrison, born in Coronado, California attended Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah and was trained as an actor, working in regional theaters in Colorado followed by studies at San Francisco's American Conservatory Theatre. Harrison moved bi-coastal between Los Angeles and New York where h
Andy Warhol (1928-1987)Torso signed and dated 'Andy Warhol 1977' (on the overlap) acrylic and silkscreen ink on linen canvas 50 1/8 x 40 in. (127.3 x 101.6 cm.) Executed in 1977.FootnotesProvenance The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc., New York. Anthony d'Offay Fine Arts, London. Sale, Sotheby's, New York, May 11, 2006, lot 301. Frédéric Bouin, New York. Exhibited Los Angeles, Ace Gallery, September-October 1978. Vancouver, Ace Gallery, April 1979. Portland, Oregon, Center for the Visual Arts, September-November 1980. New York, Robert Miller Gallery, Andy Warhol Nudes, May 2-June 17, 1995, n.p., no. 37, illustrated. London, Anthony d'Offay Fine Arts, 1999. Literature N. Printz, S. King-Nero, eds., The Andy Warhol Catalogue Raisonné: Paintings, 1976-1978, vol. 05B, New York, 2018, pp. 46, 60, no. 3851, illustrated (as Torso (Male Genitals)). Executed in 1977, the present work is stamped by the Estate of Andy Warhol and the Andy Warhol Art Authentication Board, Inc. and numbered PA79.007 on the turnover edge. In December of 1976, Andy Warhol ventured into a monumental series that explored closeup perspectives of primarily the male form and focused his lens on the sexual areas of the body, paying attention to cropping out facial features and limbs. Almost all of Warhol's representations of the human body in his oeuvre are centered on intense, closely focused perspectives of form. Using his Big Shot portrait Polaroid camera, Warhol worked on the series for the majority of 1977 with the assistance of Victor Hugo (1942-1993), designer Halston's creative director and partner. Hugo aided Warhol in recruiting many of the models for the series, including three women, and assisted Warhol during his photo shoots, even posing for numerous photos himself. Warhol often referred to his models and the photographs that he took of them as "landscapes," famously remarking to Bob Colacello, "Just tell them it's art, Bob. They're landscapes" (as quoted in B. Colacello, Holy Terror: Andy Warhol Close-Up, New York, 1990, p. 337). Dating between October 1976 to August 1977, Warhol shot as many as 1,664 Polaroids of his "landscapes," more than three times the number of Polaroids produced for either his Ladies and Gentleman and Athletes series. (N. Printz, S. King-Nero, eds., The Andy Warhol Catalogue Raisonné: Paintings, 1976-1978, vol. 05B, New York, 2018, p. 43) Each photograph Warhol took of his models was carefully composed and framed to successfully aestheticize his erotic and often intensely graphic subjects. In addition to developing Polaroids during these sessions, Warhol produced 47 black-and-white contact sheets that record sessions with one model or more and shot black-and-white film that depict the inner workings of the production of these sessions, many of which reveal the full bodies and identities of his models. Warhol utilized the Polaroids and film produced from his studio sessions with his models as a source of inspiration for the drawings and paintings that would come to make up his Torsos series. The Torsos included 85 canvases and 43 relevant drawings and of the 85 canvases, 35 including the present work center on the male genitalia. Only eight male models and two female models appear in the paintings for the series out of the numerous models that Warhol employed. Of the eight male models, three appear in the majority of the finished works for the series: Victor Hugo actor Bobby Houston (b. 1955) who was introduced to Warhol through his assistant Christopher Makos (b. 1948) at the time, and porn star William Kennedy Harrison (1947-1991, aka Big Bill, Bill Harrison, Ken Harrison, and Ronnie Shark), model for the present work. Harrison, born in Coronado, California attended Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah and was trained as an actor, working in regional theaters in Colorado followed by studies at San Francisco's American Conservatory Theatre. Harrison moved bi-coastal between Los Angeles and New York where h
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