In Cannes, Warhol and Buffet stars in the auction

Bis repeated. Since 1989, the Besch house in Cannes has honored each summer big names in 20th century painting^e century. The “pop art pope” Andy Warhol and his Toy Paintings will be the headliners in mid-August. For this exceptional sale, two series of four acrylics and serigraphs, baptized Monkey and Roll Over Mouse, will be presented to lovers of contemporary art. Signed and dated “Andy Warhol 83”, they were composed with the help of the Beaubourg Gallery from eight unique works, some of which bear the label of the gallery of Warhol’s Swiss friend and patron, Bruno Bischofberger.

Originally, the gallery owner commissioned Andy Warhol to Toy Paintings to illustrate a children’s book. Also a collector, the pop artist “would have found a crate of toys in an attic, in which there were toys, automatons, stuffed animalssays Jean-Pierre Besch, who will orchestrate the sale. He would have used it for his theme, since it illustrates…