‘The Andy Warhol Diaries’ offers a glimpse into the mind of the enigmatic American artist

Andy Warhol was one thing of an anomaly. Regardless of being one of many best-documented artists all through historical past—a New Yorker article detailed how “each few days or so, he would sweep all of the stuff on his desk right into a storage field, date it, label it ‘TC’—quick for ‘time capsule’—after which retailer it”—his observe stays fairly troublesome to decipher. This discrepancy, in fact, and all of his different private idiosyncrasies, make up the entire of his infinite intrigue.

With this in thoughts, Christie’s presents The Andy Warhol Diaries—a web-based sale of 60 artistic endeavors, together with work, images, drawings, screenprints, and a single NFT. The items are paired with excerpts from ‘the Diaries’ themselves, “an in depth compendium of the artist’s observations over the past many years of his life.” Proceeds will profit the Andy Warhol Basis for the Visible Arts’ endowment, which helps artist-centered organizations and promotes the creation of recent and impactful work.

“Hiding in plain sight amongst the caddy gossip, introspective moments, and intensive musings in The Andy Warhol Diaries are particulars which offer a useful understanding of Warhol’s work,” says Michael Dayton Hermann, the occasion’s curator. “The works provided on this sale present us that there’s at all times extra to know and uncover.”

View The Andy Warhol Diaries here, by means of March 31.