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Growth for Andy Warhol brand
Samantha Loveday Aug 19 2008, 10:24am
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Beanstalk Group reveals new licensing deals for pop art pioneer.
The Beanstalk Group has been busy boosting the licensing programme for the Andy Warhol Foundation, revealing a number of new deals to Licensing.biz.
First up, the firm has signed agreements with Pepe Jeans London (Europe) and Diane von Furstenberg (global) in soft goods. Pepe Jeans London launched its second spring/summer 09 collection at Bread & Butter back in July, following on from its first autumn/winter collection in January.
Meanwhile, DVF will be launching its resort and beachwear this autumn.
Moving on, and Troika is a new European licensee. Its limited edition range of Andy Warhol personal accessories can be seen here.
Rosenthal's Andy Warhol collection combines some of the rarest and lovliest examples of the artist's work with several of his best-known portraits such as Marilyn Monroe and Elvis Presley, as well as iconic New York imagery like the Empire State Building and Brooklyn Bridge.
The firm's fine porcelain and crystal is available through a number of Europe's leading department stores including Harrods, Selfridges, Liberty, Galleries Lafayatte and Karstadt.
Finally, Nuit Blanche will be producing Andy Warhol chocolates and biscuits for Europe, launching in time for the Christmas season.
Beanstalk's main focus for the upcoming months is to secure licensees in the children's apparel, vodka, eyewear and home furnishings sectors.
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“Joe Simon battle with the Warhol Foundation”
Posted by: myandywarhol - Oct 25, 2:10pm
http://www.myandyw...l.com
This website is about Joe Simon’s $120 million dollar battle with the Warhol foundation, their dealer Vincent Fremont and its arm the mysterious and evasive Andy Warhol Art Authentication Board Inc.
A rather novel way of raising funds and awareness about a lawsuit. Only launched a week ago, it already has reaped huge benefit by attracting others who are in a similar position, they are able to contact the plaintiff of this class action with crucial evidence and possible inclusion in the suit.
Instead of buying a house, Joe Simon bought a 1964 Warhol. Signed, authenticated by the artists estate and foundation before being defaced by a group without first hand knowledge of Warhol or his working methods. The board are denying works which Warhol had signed and either given or sold to his friends, family even his own art dealers.
If authentication is so unstable, who is going to invest in art?
You make up your own mind, go into the site, read the evidence which has been accumulated, weigh the testimony of Warhol's friends, colleagues and studio assistants who were there in the early days and who have a thorough knowledge of Warhol's working methods in general and this portrait in particular.