Andy Warhol’s Relatives to Auction His Early Paintings – RisePEI

This fall, members of Andy Warhol’s household plan to public sale a gaggle of early work he produced whereas enrolled in artwork college which have been left behind as a part of his kin’s property. Estimated values of the tranche of early work haven’t been disclosed.

Warhol’s nephew, James Warhola (the Pop artist dropped the “a” in his surname), is tasked with promoting the works alongside his six siblings. Warhola, who works an an illustrator and relies between Clinton Corners, New York and Oakland, Pittsburgh, and his siblings inherited the works from his father and mom, Paul and Anne Warhola, who died in 2014 and 2016, respectively.

Paul was certainly one of Andy Warhol’s two brothers. Warhol died at age 58 in 1987 after surgical problems.

Works titled Nosepicker 1 (1948) and Residing Room (1947), murky nonetheless life and portrait work that naked no resemblance the modern silkscreens for which he’s identified, shall be among the many ten work the household is in search of to public sale off. Warhol produced the work whereas learning on the Carnegie Institute of Expertise (now Carnegie-Mellon College) between 1945 and 1949.

In response to a web site cataloguing the works that is run by the family, Paul Warhola is credited with safeguarding them from being thrown out when the artist graduated and moved to New York. 14 works in complete are stated to have survived from that interval.

A number of the works have been exhibited at The Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh and within the current touring exhibition, “Andy Warhol: Lifetimes,” according to the Pennsylvania-based outlet Tribune-Evaluate, which first reported the information.

In an interview, Warhola stated proceeds from the work’ sale shall be divided amongst him and his siblings. The household is at the moment vetting public sale homes for the approaching sale.