During the galerist Daniel Blau’s research of Andy Warhol’s drawings from the 1950s – for his book “From Silverpoint to Silver Screen” – he discovered the photographic sources for several of Warhol’s drawings.
In 1951 Andries Zwart, a 9 year old from Egmond-aan-Zee, and Jan van den Heuvel, a 12 year old from Amsterdam, were chosen to grace the Dutch Kinderzegels (postage stamps which additionally support Dutch welfare institutions). LIFE Magazine reproduced these stamps alongside photographic portraits of the two boys in their January 1952 issue. Warhol used these illustrations for one of his drawings.
The original drawing will be show at TEFAF along with the 1952 copy of LIFE Magazine.
Andy Warhol, Drawings and monotypes
TEFAF (The European Fine Art Fair)
March 14 – 23, 2014
Galerie Daniel Blau
Booth 443
MECC
6229 GV Maastricht
The Netherlands
