WARHOL ANDY (1928 1987) Self Portrait in a platinum wig Sel

Sale 2335 - Lot 221

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WARHOL, ANDY (1928-1987)
Self-Portrait in a platinum wig * Self-Portrait in a platinum pageboy wig. Together, 2 photographs. Each is a unique Polaroid print, 3 1/2x2 3/4 inches (8.9x7 cm.), with the debossed Andy Warhol hand stamp on recto; in a Jared Bark frame. 1981

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Role-playing was a central aspect of many of Warhol's self-portraits. In 1981 the artist was photographed wearing various wigs and makeup. A video was also produced for 'Andy Warhol's TV on Saturday Night Live.' The photographer Christopher Makos, who was among Warhol's close circle of friends, described the process as a 'Dadaist experiment . . . The point was not drag itself but the altered image. It had nothing to do with trans-sexuality. As you can see: no stuffed bras, no artificial fingernails. Only the face is altered.'