$1.57 GIANT SIZE

Medium: Screenprint on coated record cover stock
Date: 1963
Sheet: 12 1/4 x 12 1/4 inches (31.1 x 31.1 cm)
Edition: 75
Hors Commerce: 10 HC
Publisher: Billy Klüver, New York
Printer: Andy Warhol and Billy Klüver, New-York
Literature: Feldman & Schellmann IIA.2

Signed and numbered in pen on verso
Each print is unique, the cover is printed in many colors including green, orange, pink, white, and yellow with black lettering. Record sleeve houses a vinyl record with interviews from participating artists.

Originally created for The Popular Image Exhibition organized by Alice Denney at the Washington Gallery of Modern Art, Washington D.C. (18 April – 2 June 1963), the purpose for these record sleeves was to house the recordings of interviews conducted by Billy Kluver with all of the eleven artists featured in the exhibition. While ultimately the cover created by Jim Dine was used for the exhibition itself, Andy Warhol’s contribution, $1.57 Giant Size are vibrant examples of Warhol’s exploration of media and probing into the definition of fine art.

Andy Warhol envisioned the record cover as a means to popularize his name as an artist and, once he reached iconic status in the 1960s, used it to directly impact popular culture. The artist created a variety of iconic album covers which continue to resonate in Contemporary society today for top artists such as The Rolling Stones for their albums Sticky Fingers and Love you Live, The Velvet Underground and myriad others include John Lennon, Aretha Franklin, Paul Anka, Diana Ross and Liza Minelli.

Auction Results

Grisebach Berlin: 28 November 2025
Estimated: EUR 15,000 – 20,000
EUR 22,860 / USD 26,510

ANDY WARHOL (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 1928 – 1987 New York)
”$1.57 Giant Size” (Feldman/Schellmann II.2), 1963
2 multiples
Color silkscreen on coated record cover stock, with vinyl record
Signed
Each one of 75 numbered copies in varying colors from a total edition of 85

Bukowskis: 15 April 2025
Estimated: SEK 30,000 – 40,000
SEK 40,000 (Hammer)
SEK 50,000 / USD 5,100

ANDY WARHOL (United States, 1928-1987)

“$1.57 Giant Size” (Feldman & Schellmann II.2), 1963
Screenprint on coated record cover, vinyl record

Bukowskis: 15 April 2025
Estimated: SEK 100,000 – 125,000
PASSED

ANDY WARHOL (United States, 1928-1987)

“$1.57 Giant Size” (Feldman & Schellmann II.2), 1963
Screenprint on coated record cover, vinyl record

Sotheby’s New-York: 14 May 2024
Estimated: USD 60,000 – 80,000
USD 44,450

ANDY WARHOL (1928 – 1987)
$1.57 Giant Size [5 works], 1963
Silkscreen on coated record covers, in 5 parts
Each: 12 1/4 x 12 1/4 inches (31.1 x 31.1 cm)
These works are from an edition of 75 unique variants

Sotheby’s London: 26 September 2023
Estimated: GBP 5,000 – 7,000
GBP 20,320 / USD 24,815

ANDY WARHOL (1928 – 1987)
$1.57 Giant Size, 1963
Screen-print in black and orange on coated record cover stock, with the original vinyl record Interviews with Artists Participating in the Popular Image Exhibition
Signed in ball-point pen verso and numbered 34/75
This impression is number 34 from the edition of 75 examples plus ten hors commerce impressions printed in various color combinations

Sotheby’s London: 26 September 2023
Estimated: GBP 5,000 – 7,000
GBP 15,240 / USD 18,610

ANDY WARHOL (1928 – 1987)
$1.57 Giant Size, 1963
Screen-print on coated record cover stock, with the original vinyl record Interviews with Artists Participating in the Popular Image Exhibition
Signed in ball-point pen verso and numbered 43/75
This impression is number 43 from the edition of 75 examples printed in various color combinations

Forum Auctions: 22 June 2023
Estimated: GBP 8,000 – 12,000
GBP 8,000 (Hammer)
GBP 10,495 / USD 13,405

ANDY WARHOL (1928-1987)
$1.57 Giant Size (Feldman & Schellman II.2), 1963
Screenprint and spray paint on coated record cover stock
With the accompanying record of artist interviews
A proof aside from the edition of 75

Wright Chicago: 20 May 2021
Estimated: USD 7,000 – 9,000
USD 19,500