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You can now buy an Andy Warhol Christmas original on eBay

Happy Andy Warholidays, everybody – a range of early works from the late artist are currently for sale on eBay, the perfect Christmas present for the person who has everything.

A selection of Andy Warhol works are available on eBay, just in time for Christmas. Picture: Getty
A selection of Andy Warhol works are available on eBay, just in time for Christmas. Picture: Getty

Seasons greetings and good tidings of comfort and joy from Andy Warhol this Christmas. Because a collection of the trailblazing late artist’s work is available now, courtesy of The Andy Warhol Foundation, on eBay – and several items are Christmas-themed. 

Drawn from some of the artist’s earlier works in the 1950s, the eBay auction includes sketches and original line drawings featuring holly branches, gilded Christmas trees, trumpeting angels and even a very festive bell. Other lots include lithographs, books, ephemera and posters, with one piece even starting at US$100. The auction, which comprises 19 items, will run on eBay until 31 December.

Dubbed ‘Happy Andy Warholidays’ by the online auction platform, the whole collection is being sold off by The Andy Warhol Foundation to raise money for artists and creatives impacted by the pandemic.

Many of the auction pieces have a festive lilt, making them perfect for – very generous – holiday gifting, and according to The Andy Warhol Foundation are an insight into the artist’s own love of Christmas. Warhol once drew a series of Christmas-themed works to bestow upon his friends and family as holiday presents, and he was also raised in the Catholic tradition, courtesy of his Slovakian parents – hence the angel motif seen in a few of the auction lots.

“While Warhol’s style may have shifted starting in the 1960s, his generous spirit and penchant for the holidays was always evident by his creation of works of art as gifts for family, friends, and colleagues throughout his career,” said Michael Dayton Hermann, director of licensing, marketing and sales at the Andy Warhol Foundation, told Architectural Digest.

This is just one of many eBay auctions planned for the coming months by the foundation, which is dedicated to helping artists and creatives in need during the pandemic. Previous online auctions from The Andy Warhol Foundation have raised almost US$100,000 in gross sales, and this year the organisation says that it has donated US$2.6 million to artists in need, as well as giving some 32 grants to struggling artists.

Buying an item from this Andy Warhol charity Christmas auction is both a way of securing a rare and special piece of festive art, as well as an opportunity to support creatives who need help the most right now.

Happy Andy Warholidays, indeed.

Hannah-Rose Yee
Hannah-Rose YeePrestige Features Editor

Hannah-Rose Yee is Vogue Australia's features editor and a writer with more than a decade of experience working in magazines, newspapers, digital and podcasts. She specialises in film, television and pop culture and has written major profiles of Chris Hemsworth, Christopher Nolan, Baz Luhrmann, Margot Robbie, Anya Taylor-Joy and Kristen Stewart. Her work has appeared in The Weekend Australian Magazine, GQ UK, marie claire Australia, Gourmet Traveller and more.

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