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Ferragamo

Reproduction of shoes worn by Andy Warhol, 2010

Description

Maker

  • Salvatore Ferragamo, 1898-1960, Italian, designer
  • Ferragamo, est. 1928

Title

Reproduction of shoes worn by Andy Warhol

Year

2010

Medium

Leather with applied paint splatters

Dimensions

29.2 x 11.4 x 10.2 cm (11 1/2 x 4 1/2 x 4 inches)

Type

  • Fashion,
  • Costume

Credit

Gift of Museo Salvatore Ferragamo

Object Number

2012.67

Projects & Publications

Publications

Artist Rebel Dandy

Men of Fashion

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Artist, Rebel, Dandy

April 26 - August 18, 2013

The coarse wig, stiff button-down Brooks Brothers shirt, and paint-splattered Ferragamo shoes were Andy Warhol's signature accessories, central to his carefully crafted public image. The wig, intentionally ill-fitting and dyed an unnatural silver color, obscured the artist's baldness and, even better, drew attention to its function as a fashionable counterfeit. In a similar manner, Warhol twisted the conservative, old-school reference of the shirt to fit his avant-garde agenda. Warhol wore luxurious brogue-style Ferragamo shoes in his studio, and in 2006 the Ferragamo family purchased a pair of his shoes at auction. In 2010 they issued a new limited-edition line that replicates Warhol's originals, down to the paint spatters on the toe.

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