This rare and highly personal artwork by Andy Warhol exemplifies his fascination with consumer culture, sexuality, and the commodification of identity. A diptych, comprising two pairs of Calvin Klein men’s briefs, each meticulously folded and wrapped around a backing card, these works are housed in custom UV plexiglass cases and boldly signed and dated along the overlaps, 'Andy Warhol 82', by Warhol himself in black marker pen.

Offered as a deeply intimate gift to his close companion and romantic partner Jon Gould, the pieces function both as a declaration of affection and as a modern reimagining of Marcel Duchamp’s readymade concept. Warhol elevates the mundane - mass-produced underwear - into art, placing it within the context of celebrity, desire, and branding. The use of Calvin Klein, a label synonymous with sensual marketing and the sleek eroticism of 1980s consumerism, further layers the work with ironic detachment and autobiographical significance.

Here, Warhol’s subversive wit is on full display. The object becomes an archive of a private narrative, yet remains perfectly Warholian in it's cool, commercial aesthetic. These pieces are not merely remnants of a relationship, but enduring symbols of Warhol’s pioneering contribution to contemporary art: transforming the ordinary into icons and the intimate into spectacle.

(Work size: 36.2 x 28.6 x 3.3 cm, EACH, Frame size: 36.9 x 29.3 x 3.7 cm, EACH).

Today, Calvin Klein is credited with inventing the category of 'designer underwear'.
As usual, Warhol was quick to spot this new sensation in fashion and the boundary-pushing subject matter created by the Calvin Klein advertising campaigns and significantly this pair or briefs were from that very first year of production in 1982.

Fresh to market since being in the custodianship of Jon Gould's estate.