Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although the overall tonality is brighter and more vibrant, with the background tending more towards a canary yellow in the original. Condition: This work is in very good condition. No restoration is apparent when examined under ultra-violet light.
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Hailing from the collection of Gael Love, one of the illustrious editors of the famed Interview magazine from the 197🤡0s to the late 1980s (a publication founded by Andꦓy Warhol and John Wilcox in 1969), this dynamic yellow canvas was a gift from Warhol to Love, one of the artist's many protégés.

The dollar sign is one of the most potent symbols of our time, and as a master at identifying and appropriating the zeitgeist of America in the 20th century, Andy Warhol revisited this symbol many times throughout his career. In his famous compendium of "quotable quotes," he writes that "[m]aking money is art and working is art and gold business is the best art." Andy Warhol, The Philosophy of Andy Warhol: From A to B and Back Again, New York, 1975, p. 92