1928 - 1987
American
Santa Claus (F.&S. II.266)
screenprint with diamond dust on Lenox Museum board, 1981
signed, editioned AP 25/30 and stamped with the Rupert Jasen Smith blindstamp
38 x 38 in, 96.5 x 96.5 cm
Estimate: $30,000 - $50,000 CAD
Preview at: Heffel Toronto – 13 Hazelton Ave
PROVENANCE
Private Collection, Ontario
LITERATURE
Frayda Feldman and Jörg Schellman, editors, Andy Warhol Prints: A Catalogue Raisonné, 1962 - 1987, 2003, listed page 122, reproduced page 123, catalogue #II.266
The catalogue raisonné states that there are 200 prints in the edition, in addition to 30 AP, 5 PP, 5 EP, and 1 HC.
Andy Warhol’s Santa Claus (F.&S. II.266) belongs to the artist’s celebrated series of portraits of instantly recognisable cultural figures. Created in 1981, the work transforms the traditional image of Santa Claus into a distinctly Warholian icon, combining his signature silkscreen process with the dazzling surface of diamond dust. The sparkling embellishment lends the familiar figure an unexpected sense of glamour and theatricality, while the simplified palette and bold graphic treatment are characteristic of Warhol’s approach to popular imagery. Drawn from a universally familiar subject, Santa Claus demonstrates Warhol’s ability to elevate an everyday image into an alluring symbol of contemporary culture.
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