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Andy Warhol (American, 1928–1987)
LOT ID: 70270
Jean Pave Barbier (unique and authenticated by the Andy Warhol Foundation), ie. circa 1980

Serigraph / Screenprint, with diamond dust on Mohawk Superfine paper
45 х 35 in. cm.
Stamped, and accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from the Andy Warhol Foundation.
Edition unique
Foundry/Publisher Rupert Jansen Smith, New York
Lot description
This unique portrait of art collector Jean Pave Barbier is a distinctive work in both subject matter and medium. Barbier, now deceased, was once the largest collector of non-Western art in the world. He is also known for founding the prestigious Barbier-Mueller Museum in Geneva, and during his lifetime, he collaborated with the most important museums and institutions in Europe, America and Asia. According to the Barbier-Mueller Museum, "Jean Paul Barbier, husband to his [Josef Mueller's] daughter, Monique...understood Josef Mueller’s irritation that the works of so-called 'primitive' art remained defiantly underestimated while his other paintings received copious praise. Perhaps it was at this moment that the idea of a permanent museum of primitive art was conceived."

While Warhol's portraits of Hollywood celebrities and pop culture icons are well known, he created numerous portrayals of figures of the art world, including collectors, fellow artists and Modernist intellectuals, and investors.

Andy Warhol (1928-1987) is widely credited as one of the most significant artists of the 20th century. After studying design at the Carnegie Institute of Technology, Warhol moved to New York in 1949 to pursue a career as a commercial artist. Though successful, Warhol wanted to be an independent painter. In the early 1960s he began to create paintings based on advertising imagery. He established his own studio, The Factory, and developed his signature style, employing commercial silkscreening techniques to create identical, mass-produced images on canvas. With his multiple images of soup cans, soda bottles, dollar bills and celebrities, Warhol revealed the beauty within mass culture and redefined the art world.

Selected Public Collections:
Museum of Modern Art (New York, NY)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, NY)
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (New York, NY)
Whitney Museum of American Art (New York, NY)
The Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago, IL)
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (Chicago, IL)
Museum of Fine Arts (Boston, MA)
J. Paul Getty Museum (Los Angeles, CA)
Tate Gallery (London, UK)
The Andy Warhol Museum (Pittsburgh, PA)
National Galleries of Scotland (Edinburgh, UK)
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Jean Pave Barbier (unique and authenticated by the Andy Warhol Foundation) by Andy Warhol
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