Andy Warhol

Private Drawings from the 1960's

13 March - 12 April 2003

After graduating in pictorial design from The Carnegie Institute of Technology, Pittsburgh, in 1949, Andy Warhol embarked on a successful career as a commercial illustrator in New York. His illustrations for fashion magazines and advertisers are well known, the most famous works from this period being his shoe drawings. This exhibition of Andy Warhol’s “private” drawings from the early fifties will be the first time the group from his estate has been exhibited. These highly personal works from the same period as his commercial activity reflect the artist’s life and interests and, more importantly, were produced for his own pleasure.