Andy Warhol - SPORTSWEAR JEANS INTERN. (Hand Signed by Warhol), from the estate of Warhol's last boyfriend, 1983-1984

Andy Warhol - SPORTSWEAR JEANS INTERN. (Hand Signed by Warhol), from the estate of Warhol's last boyfriend, 1983-1984

Offset lithograph cover page
Hand signed by Warhol in the front
Provenance: Estate of Jon Gould, Andy Warhol's last boyfriend
This work has been elegantly framed with a raised float in a museum quality wood frame under UV plexiglass.
Measurements:
Framed:
19.5 inches (veertical) by 15.25 inches (horizontal) by 2.75 inches
Artwork:
14.75 inches (vertical) by 10.6 inches (horizontal)
Andy Warhol was commissioned to design an insert for the inaugural issue of Jeans International Magazine, and this "JEANS INTERN." was a mock-up for the insert of the premier issue. Jeans International was a little known European trade magazine for the Jeans industry without wide circulation. According to the publisher, Warhol agreed to design the insert for the magazine because he was a jeans-lover, and he claimed that he would wear his favorite jeans under his smoking pants - those checkered ones he famously wore. This project also coincided with the publication of Andy Warhol's silkscreen for Levi's 501 Jeans, so Warhol probably viewed this obscure European trade publication and its young publisher as another promotional opportunity he was willing to try. An uncommon collectors' item when hand signed. Even the publisher, who still has access to stacks of this poorly distributed magazine, no longer has access to an authentic signed print - like the present work. A must have for any true Warhol fan, or anyone in the garment and jeans business. Not too many were hand signed. This was acquired as part of a group of publications and broadsheets from the estate of Jon Gould. Gould was a New England educated former Vice President of Corporate Communications Paramount Pictures. But his claim to fame was as Andy Warhol's last boyfriend. This work has impressive provenance.
It was acquired from the widely publicized sale of the collection of Jon Gould - -a treasure trove of valuable gifts, ephemera and art works by Warhol, Haring and Basquiat to Gould - that had not been seen in more than a quarter of a century.