The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts is auctioning off several original photographs and pieces, including one of Mick Jagger and a woman touching tongues. The original Jagger polaroid, which starts at $10,000, was taken during a photo shoot for the Rolling Stones' 1977 album, Love You Live. "Many of the photos from this session depicting band members and other people touching tongues or biting one another were incorporated into the album design, creating a surprising and somewhat controversial collage that coincidentally mirrored feelings between band members during the making of the album," according to the Warhol Foundation.
Along with the Jagger photograph, the Warhol Foundation auction includes polaroids and photographs of many people associated with Warhol. Grace Jones, Diane von Furstenberg, Jackie Curtis, Debbie Harry, Dennis Hopper, Georgia O'Keeffe, Truman Capote, and Simon Le Bon are among those honored. A selection of original and vintage posters from Warhol's collection, a signed first edition of his book The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (From A to B and Back Again), and a variety of hand-drawn illustrations and lithographs are among the other auction lots. The Warhol Foundation and its various efforts to support the visual arts will benefit from all auction proceeds.
Jean Dubreil
