{"product_id":"space-fruit-pears","title":"Space Fruit: Pears","description":"\u003cp\u003eANDY WARHOL (1928-1987)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSpace Fruit: Pears\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esigned and numbered (lower left)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003escreenprint on Lenox Museum Board\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e30 x 40 inches (76.2 x 101.6 cm)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eframed: 37 1\/4 x 47 1\/4 inches (94.6 x 120 cm)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExecuted in 1979. This work is from an edition of 150.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished by Grippi\/Zivian, Inc., New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePROVENANCE:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrivate collection, Florida\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrivate collection, California\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLITERATURE:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeldman \u0026amp; Schellmann II.203\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNOTES:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAndy Warhol (1928 - 1987) emerged as a pioneering figure at the forefront of the 1960s Pop Art movement. His vivid silkscreens of Campbell’s Soup Cans, Marilyn Monroe, and other commercial icons blurred the lines between fine art, mass production and advertising. Working across film, photography, painting and printmaking, Warhol upended traditional notions of authorship and elevated the artist to celebrity status. His Factory studio became an incubator for artistic innovation, and his incisive critique of consumerism and fame continues to shape contemporary art and popular culture today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWarhol’s Space Fruit: Pears \u003c\/i\u003econtinues Warhol's exploration of everyday objects rendered strange through color, scale, and isolation. Floating against a simplified ground, the pears are transformed from familiar produce into bold, graphic forms that echo the visual language of advertising. The work underscores Warhol’s fascination with consumption and display, elevating ordinary fruit into icons of contemporary Pop imagery.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Joopiter","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47284159971577,"sku":"JP0126035","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0613\/2783\/5385\/files\/JP0126035_01_updated.jpg?v=1784039814","url":"https:\/\/shop.joopiter.com\/products\/space-fruit-pears","provider":"Joopiter","version":"1.0","type":"link"}