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Diamond Dust Shoes (F. & S. II.256) - Signed Print by Andy Warhol 1980 - MyArtBroker

Diamond Dust Shoes (F. & S. II.256)
Signed Print

Andy Warhol

£35,000-£50,000Value Indicator

$70,000-$100,000 Value Indicator

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¥6,970,000-¥9,950,000 Value Indicator

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102 x 151cm, Edition of 60, Screenprint

Medium: Screenprint
Edition size: 60
Year: 1980
Size: H 102cm x W 151cm
Signed: Yes
Format: Signed Print
Last Auction: April 2025
Value Trend:
-11% AAGR

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Auction Results

Auction Date
Auction House
Location
Return to Seller
Hammer Price
Buyer Paid
April 2025
Phillips New York
United States
£25,650
£30,176
£38,323
May 2023
Artcurial
France
March 2023
Christie's London
United Kingdom
September 2022
Sotheby's Online
United Kingdom
July 2022
Sotheby's New York
United States
October 2020
Phillips New York
United States
February 2014
Phillips London
United Kingdom
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The value of Andy Warhol’s Diamond Dust Shoes (F. & S. II.256) (signed) is estimated to be worth between £35,000 and £50,000. This screenprint has shown consistent value growth, with an average annual growth rate of 6%. This work has an auction history of 16 total sales since its entry to the market on 13th December 1999. In the past 12 months, the average selling price was £30,176 across 1 sale. Over the past five years, the hammer price has varied from £30,176 in April 2025 to £62,391 in July 2022. The average annual growth rate of this work is -11%. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 60.

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Meaning & Analysis

Diamond Dust Shoes (F. & S. II. 256) is part of the Diamond Dust Shoes series. This series marks a late stage in Warhol’s artistic career as he turns back to familiar icons and subjects of his earlier works. The shoes depicted in this series resonate strongly with the start of Warhol’s career as a freelance commercial illustrator. In the 1950s, Warhol’s illustrations of shoes were featured widely in popular fashion magazines such as Glamour, Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar. Revisiting this familiar image, Warhol updates his renderings of high heeled shoes giving them a distinctly late 20th century feel. Diamond Dust Shoes (F. & S. II. 256) differs from others in the series due to the lack of colour. The viewer has to focus their attention on the print to make out the shoes as there is less of a visual contrast between them and the dark background.

The print was made using the Diamond Dust method which was developed by Rupert Jasen Smith who Warhol admired greatly. The incorporation of diamond dust particles in the screen printing process transforms the everyday commodity into a luxurious and glamorous object. This new method marks a development from the blotted line technique that characterised much of Warhol’s early commercial illustrations.

  • Andy Warhol was a leading figure of the Pop Art movement and is often considered the father of Pop Art. Born in 1928, Warhol allowed cultural references of the 20th century to drive his work. From the depiction of glamorous public figures, such as Marilyn Monroe, to the everyday Campbell’s Soup Can, the artist challenged what was considered art by blurring the boundaries between high art and mass consumerism. Warhol's preferred screen printing technique further reiterated his obsession with mass culture, enabling art to be seen as somewhat of a commodity through the reproduced images in multiple colour ways.

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