Andy Warhol, Three works: (i-iii) Bobby Short

each stamped twice by the Estate of Andy Warhol and the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc., New York, initialed and numbered “VF [PA55.023, PA55.026, PA55.029]” on the overlap
silkscreen and acrylic on linen
each 20 1/8 x 15 7/8 in. (51.1 x 40.3 cm)
Executed in 1963.

Provenance

The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc., New York
Lang Fine Art and Jane Holzer
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Exhibited

New York, Tony Shafrazi Gallery, Andy Warhol, Portraits, May 12–October 1, 2005

Literature

Georg Frei and Neil Printz, eds., The Andy Warhol Catalogue Raisonné. Paintings and Sculpture 1961–1963, vol. 1, London, 2002, no. 482, pp. 423, 425 (illustrated, p. 423); no. 484, pp. 424–425 (illustrated, p. 424); no. 485, pp. 424–425 (illustrated, p. 424)
Steven Bluttal and Dave Hickey, Andy Warhol “Giant” Size, London, 2006, pp. 262, 615 (nos. PA 55.026 and PA 55.029 illustrated, p. 262)
Tony Shafrazi, ed., Andy Warhol Portraits, New York, 2007, pp. 38, 305 (illustrated, p. 38)