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
2021.51-57
Source or Donor
Judy Blumberg
Acquisition Method
Gift
Credit Line
Collection of DePaul Art Museum, Gift of Judith K. Blumberg
