Name/Title
Shoe of the eveningEntry/Object ID
2021.54Description
Orange heeled shoe with intricate cut outs and straps. The shoe is orange with black designs and red flowers. Under the shoe reads "Shoe of the evening, beautiful shoe."Artwork Details
Medium
Lithograph, WatercolorContext
This collection of works dates from the early to mid 1950s, the period when Warhol was primarily producing illustrations for the shoe manufacturer Israel Miller. Warhol’s colorful designs depict shoes and boots adorned with gold leaf, embossed foil, and decorative cut outs. Beneath each design is scrawled a pithy phrase or aphorism such as à la recerche du shoe perdue, a reference to Marcel Proust’s magnum opus A la recherche du temps perdu. Other works in this collection depict the chic and fashionable city dwellers Warhol would have seen on the streets and at parties upon first moving to New York.Acquisition
Accession
2021.51-57Source or Donor
Judy BlumbergAcquisition Method
GiftCredit Line
Gift of Judith K. BlumbergLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term
LithographNomenclature Secondary Object Term
Print, PlanographicNomenclature Primary Object Term
PrintNomenclature Sub-Class
Graphic DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsLOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials
Lithographs, ShoesDimensions
Height
9-3/4 inWidth
13-3/4 in