PROVENANCE:
Andy Worhol Fundation for the Visual Arts
Christie's, New York

Andy Warhol is one of the true masters in commercializing art. Warhol, as a founder of Pop Art, he is good at utilizing objects, from celebrities to anything people are familiar with, and turning them into his artworks, for instance Marilyn Monroe and Elvis Presley. A famous quotation from Warhol Making money is art and working is art and good business is the best art demonstrates his concept as commercializing art that is deep in his heart.

This works comes from his series for Christmas. In fact, he never missed chance for togetherness and Christmas became one of his favourite festivals. From the late 1950s until his death in 1987, Warhol was an integral component of New York's creative community, and has been described by several of his contemporaries as the glue that held the legendary group of artists and New York's downtown crowd together. Society's relationship to consumption was something that Warhol addressed extensively in his art. This work is the culture of consumerism that has come to define the modern tradition of Christmas celebrations. One thing should be noted that, a signature from Andy Warhol, which remarks the spot and time of this creation, is rarely seen in his sketches and makes this work outstanding from others.