Andy Warhol Popeye vintage t-shirt

Sourced in Los Angeles, USA, by British contemporary vintage company Unified Goods , this vintage faded navy Andy Warhol Foundation for the creative arts t-shirt is from 1997 and features Warhol’s Popeye Saturday 1961.

Andy Warhol hand-painted this image of the American cartoon character Popeye in 1961, making it an early example of his Pop Art work. Using images from advertisements and comics, Warhol used a projector to up-scale his source images and paint them onto canvas. In the same year, he exhibited the piece at the Bonwit Teller department store, in a window display in the luxury New York city store.

A central figure in pop art, Andy Warhol (1928–87) was one of the most significant and influential artists of the later twentieth century. In the 1960s he began to explore the growing interplay between mass culture and the visual arts, and his constant experimentation with new processes for the dissemination of art played a pivotal role in redefining access to culture and art as we know it today. When he died in 1987, Warhol dictated that the majority of his estate should be used to create a foundation dedicated to the ‘advancement of the visual arts’. The Andy Warhol Foundation for the creative arts was founded, and continues to work to make sure that Warhol’s ‘inventive, open-minded spirit’ will positively impact contemporary and future artists.

Unified Goods specialise in sourcing rare and vintage clothes, accessories and artefacts from across the globe, and have sourced and selected a collection of archival t-shirts and accessories linked to Warhol and his influence on contemporary art and culture for our 2020 Andy Warhol exhibition.

Size Guide: Length 64 x Chest 44 cm

Please note that measurements are taken flat. This is a vintage item in good condition, but some signs of age may be expected.

• Artist Andy Warhol
• Artwork Popeye Saturday, 1961
• Exhibition Andy Warhol
• Dimensions Length 64 x Chest 44 cm