Original line drawing, black ball-point on tan paper, circa 1950/59, an unsigned work, with Warhol Foundation archive numbers verso

Authenticity : This comes with a certification of provenance from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts reference TOP200.258. No Doubt this will be included in the forthcoming Catalogue Raisonne.

Provenance: The Estate of Andy Warhol and thence , the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Acquired from them directly.

Note: Long before his rise to the pinnacle of pop art, Andy Warhol created a series of seductive drawings celebrating male beauty. The book “Andy Warhol Love, Sex & Desire: Drawings 1950-1962” (a copy of which is provided gratis to the buyer of this piece) contains over 300 of these works, mostly done in ink on paper.