Candy Box (Closed & Open) was created for Andy Warhol’s personal collection, to be handed out as holiday gifts to his friends, family, clients, and colleagues.  It is a print unlike any other, and bears a semblance of some of the contemporary artists of the 21st century.  The juxtaposition of both the “closed” and “open” positions creates a stunning effect, with highly symbolic images of this candy box heart both introverted and exposed.

Created in c. 1983, this work was from the Unpublished Prints edition of Personal Projects as classified in Feldman & Schellmann, 4th ed.  Printed by Rupert Jasen Smith, New York on Lenox Museum Board.  Features ink stamps on the verso by the Estate of Andy Warhol and the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc.

Catalogue Raisonné & COA:
It is fully documented and referenced in the below catalogue raisonnés and texts (copies will be enclosed as added documentation with the invoices that will accompany the final sale of the work) :

1. Feldman, F. & Schellmann, J. (2003) . Andy Warhol Prints: A Catalogue Raisonné 1962-1987, 4th ed. Distributed Art Publishers, Inc.: New York. Listed and illustrated as catalogue raisonné no. IIIA.45 on pg. 245.  Further detail on his unpublished prints edition on pg. 225-7.

About the Framing:
Candy Box (Closed & Open) is featured in a custom designed, modern box frame with a sleek, white moulding.  The contemporary frame style encases and further features the modernity and grandiose size of the work. All materials are archival and to museum quality standards. The framing is completed white, linen-wrapped mats set behind an archival Plexiglas® cover.