ANDY WARHOL | Untitled (Moujik)

signed and dated 86 on the overlapThis work is stamped by the Estate of Andy Warhol and twice by The Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. on the overlap. It is also numbered PA28.004 on the overlap and on the stretcher.

The Estate of Andy Warhol, New York
The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Inc., New York
Sperone Westwater, New York
Private Collection (acquired from the above in 2005)
Christie’s, New York, May 9, 2012, lot 118
Acquired by the present owner from the above sale

Using his signature portraiture methods, Andy Warhol has here captured the portrait of an unusual sitter – the bulldog of Yves Saint Laurent, who went by the name of Moujik. Having previously painted the portrait of the famous fashion designer in 1972, Warhol turned his attention to his dog over a decade later and captured the animal in his unique visual language. Moujik is portrayed as if he was one of Warhol’s human sitters, carefully positioned and full of personality.