NEW YORK, United States — Two early
Andy Warhol paintings were sold at auction in New York on Tuesday by the family of
the pop art visionary, the first in a series of little-known works that will
reach the art market, his nephew told AFP.
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The 1948 self-portrait “Nosepicker 1: Why Pick on
Me” went for $491,400 including fees, while “Living Room”, also from 1948, sold
for $315,000 at a sale organized by New York’s Phillips.
“This is early work. He’s mostly known for his silkscreens
but we’re very happy with sending these works out into the world,” said artist
James Warhola, the 67-year-old son of Warhol’s older brother.
“They’re gonna make some collector very happy,” said
Warhola, who put the works up for auction.
The works date back to when Warhol, the son of a
working-class family of
Eastern European immigrants, was a 20-year-old art
student in his native Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania before he left to try his luck
in New York.
First working as an advertising artist, he broke
through in the 1950s and then rose to fame in the 1960s, thanks to unique works
exploring consumer society, advertising, and the notion of celebrity. The
platinum-and-silver-wigged pop artist died in 1987.
Both paintings had almost been lost. At the end of
the 1970s, the Warhola family had their car stolen, with the two works inside.
The car was eventually recovered with the paintings
unscathed, the Phillips auction house said.
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