Details

Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner

Exhibited

Impulse Archaeology, White Box, New York, 2007 Impulse Archaeology, MOCCA, Toronto, 2005 Catalogue note On the late afternoon of February 21, 1979, Eldon Garnet the editor of Impulse magazine visited the Factory. He interviewed Andy Warhol. The Tie was given as a gift to Garnet during an interview. The Tie is a unique work. A little known part of Warhol’s oeuvre. A painting as a wearable object. As Blake Gopnik, author of Warhol , puts it: “It’s a new story… Warhol’s plans to sell cut-offs from his paintings as neckties. (Yet another example of Business Art that would have been certain to be bad as business.)” According to Richard Dupont, a regular at the Factory who was present during Garnet’s interview: “I remember Henry Geldzahler had one along with a few friends of Andy’s and the two ladies at Fiorucci in NYC that were going to sell the Ties. But you may be the only other person who received one. Maybe the only person who still has one.”

Literature

Impulse magazine, Volume 7, Number 4, Summer 1979

Catalog summary

Andy Warhol 1928 - 1987 Untitled (Tie) signed Andy Warhol and inscribed To Eldon acrylic on cut canvas 54 by 2 in. 137.2 by 5 cm. Executed in 1979. Provenance Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner Literature Impulse magazine, Volume 7, Number 4, Summer 1979 Exhibited Impulse Archaeology, White Box, New York, 2007 Impulse Archaeology, MOCCA, Toronto, 2005 Catalogue note On the late afternoon of February 21, 1979, Eldon Garnet the editor of Impulse magazine visited the Factory. He interviewed Andy Warhol. The Tie was given as a gift to Garnet during an interview. The Tie is a unique work. A little known part of Warhol’s oeuvre. A painting as a wearable object. As Blake Gopnik, author of Warhol , puts it: “It’s a new story… Warhol’s plans to sell cut-offs from his paintings as neckties. (Yet another example of Business Art that would have been certain to be bad as business.)” According to Richard Dupont, a regular at the Factory who was present during Garnet’s interview: “I remember Henry Geldzahler had one along with a few friends of Andy’s and the two ladies at Fiorucci in NYC that were going to sell the Ties. But you may be the only other person who received one. Maybe the only person who still has one.”