Jean Paul Gaultier and Andy Warhol

In 1984, Warhol was commissioned by the Italian Magazine Mondo Uomo to photograph young, hip icons of the time. The magazine would go on to feature several pages of Warhol’s photographs. When asked about the project, “Warhol immediately thought of the club kid Gaultier. The famed Pop artist snapped a group of Polaroids of Gaultier at the trendy nightclub Area, just after the designer had shown a collection at Bryant Park. [1] According to Warhol, “ “I think the way people dress today is a form of artistic expression,” he told Mondo Uomo. “Art lies in the way the whole outfit is put together. Take Jean Paul Gaultier. What he does is really art.” [2]

Medium: Unique Polaroid print
Size: 4.25 x 3.375 in (10.8 x 8.6 cm)
Frame size: 11 x 8.875 in (27.9 x 22.5 cm)

Provenance:
Estate of Andy Warhol (stamped)
The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts (stamped)
Long-Sharp Gallery

Authenticated by the Authentication Board of The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts (stamp on verso), Foundation archive number on verso in pencil, initialed by the person who entered the works into The Foundation archive.

Andy Warhol’s unique Polaroid print, Jean Paul Gaultier and Andy Warhol, shown here in a white frame.

Andy Warhol’s unique Polaroid photograph, Jean Paul Gaultier and Andy Warhol, shown here framed alongside a six-foot figure for scale.

Andy Warhol’s unique Polaroid print, Jean Paul Gaultier and Andy Warhol, shown here unframed.

A detail close-up of Andy Warhol’s unique Polaroid print, Jean Paul Gaultier and Andy Warhol, shown here unframed.

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[1] Alexandra Pechman, "Some Like It Haute: Gaultier in the Galleries," ARTnews, November 7, 2013: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/some-like-it-haute-2321/
[2] Ibid.