Sidewalk
from Eight by Eight to Celebrate the Temporary Contemporary

Medium: Screenprint on Dutch Etching paper
Year: 1983
Sheet: 29×42 inches (73.7 x 106.7 cm)
Edition: 250
Artist’s Proofs: 30 AP
Printer’s Proofs: 6 PP
Hors Commerce: 15 HC
Trial Proofs: 45 TP
Trial Proofs Printer’s Proofs: 3 TPPP
Some TP have diamond dust and are signed and numbered in pencil on verso
Printer: Rupert Jasen Smith, New-York
Publisher: The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California
Literature: Feldman & Schellmann II.304

Published in the portfolio Eight by Eight to Celebrate the Temporary Contemporary containing works by 8 artists, to raise funds for this new museum in Los Angeles, California

Each signed and numbered in pencil lower left

Andy Warhol’s long documented fascination with Hollywood began at an early age. Growing up, Warhol would send away for autographs and pour over fan magazines. One of the most important keepsakes Warhol kept all his life was a portrait of Shirley Temple inscribed ‘To Andrew Warhola from Shirley Temple.”

Sidewalk depicts the handprints and signatures of classic film stars embedded in the Hollywood Walk of Fame. It transforms a section of the real Hollywood monument, specifically the area in front of what was then Grauman’s Chinese Theatre, into a Pop Art image. It features the handprints and autographs of four celebrities: Cary Grant,
Judy Garland (with the inscription “For Mr Grauman, All Happiness”), Jack Nicholson, and Shirley Temple. Warhol used an even application of color, often in a rose or pink tint for the concrete, with the impressions appearing in pale relief, which gives the image a glowing, somewhat nostalgic quality.

Sidewalk explores the nature of celebrity worship and how fame is immortalized in American culture. Warhol, who was obsessed with celebrity culture since childhood, was drawn to the physical, tangible imprints (autographs, handprints) as remnants of stardom, without actually using a portrait of the person. This print plays on the idea that these icons are preserved as both a myth and monument, while simultaneously highlighting the irony that people literally walk all over these symbols of fame every day.

Sidewalk was released in 1983 as part of a collaborative portfolio titled Eight by Eight to Celebrate the Temporary Contemporary. The portfolio featured works by eight different artists and was produced to raise funds for the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) in Los Angeles. The subject matter was a fitting choice, aligning the new museum with Los Angeles’s iconic celebrity culture.

Regular Editions

Abell: 12 December 2025
Estimated: USD 18,000 – 25,000
USD 22,500 (Hammer)
USD 28,125

ANDY WARHOL (American, 1928-1987)
Sidewalk (Feldman and Schellmann II 304), 1983
from “Eight by Eight to Celebrate the Temporary Contemporary”
Screenprint in colors on Dutch Etching paper
Signed and numbered 238/250
Published by the Museum of Contemporary Art, MOCA, Los Angeles

Heritage Auctions: 10 December 2024
Estimated: USD 15,000 – 20,000
USD 20,000

ANDY WARHOL (1928-1987)
Sidewalk, from Eight by Eight to Celebrate the Temporary Contemporary, 1983
Screenprint in colors on Dutch Etching paper
Editioned 62/250 (aside from 99 proofs, variously editioned)
Signed and editioned in pencil, lower left; printer’s chop mark lower right

Abell: 4 April 2024
Estimated: USD 15,000 – 20,000
USD 16,000 (Hammer)
USD 20,000

ANDY WARHOL (American, 1928-1987)
Sidewalk, from Eight by Eight to Celebrate the Temporary Contemporary (F&S 304), 1983
Screenprint in colors on Dutch etching paper
Signed and numbered 125/250 in pencil lower left

Artnet Auctions: 20 March 2024
Estimated: USD 20,000 – 30,000
USD 21,250

ANDY WARHOL
Sidewalk (from Eight by Eight to Celebrate the Temporary Contemporary), 1983
Screenprint in colors on Dutch Etching paper
Edition 67/250
Signed and numbered in pencil

Bonhams New-York: 9 May 2023
Estimated: USD 25,000 – 35,000
USD 24,225

Phillips New-York: 20 April 2023
Estimated: USD 15,000 – 20,000
USD 38,100
WORLD AUCTION RECORD FOR SIDEWALK

Mallet Japan: 19 May 2022
Estimated: JPY 1,800,000 – 2,300,000
JPY 3,400,000 (Hammer)
JPY 3,961,000 / USD 31,040

ANDY WARHOL
Sidewalk, from ‘Eight by Eight to Celebrate the Temporary Contemporary’, 1983
Screenprint in colors
Signed and numbered 210/250

LA Modern: 29 April 2022
Estimated: USD 20,000 – 25,000
USD 30,000

ANDY WARHOL (1928–1987)
Sidewalk (from the Eight by Eight to Celebrate the Temporary Contemporary portfolio), 1983
Screenprint in colors on Dutch Etching
Signed and numbered to lower left ‘HC 15/15 Andy Warhol’
This work is hors commerce 15 of 15 apart from the edition of 250

Christie’s New-York: 22 April 2022
Estimated: USD 10,000 – 15,000
USD 27,720

ANDY WARHOL (1928-1987)
Sidewalk, from Eight by Eight to Celebrate the Temporary Contemporary, 1983
Screen-print in colors on Dutch Etching paper
Signed in pencil, numbered 167⁄250 (there were also 30 artist’s proofs)
With the artist’s copyright ink stamp on the reverse

Doyle New-York: 19 October 2021
Estimated: USD 8,000 – 12,000
USD 21,250

ANDY WARHOL (1928-1987)
SIDEWALK (FELDMAN/SCHELLMAN II.304), 1983-84
Color screenprint on Dutch Etching paper
Signed and numbered 227/250 in pencil

SBI Art Auction Tokyo: 4 July 2021
Estimated: JPY 1,000,000 – 1,500,000
JPY 1,495,000 / USD 13,465

ANDY WARHOL
Sidewalk (F. & S. Ⅱ.304), 1983
Screenprint
Signed and numbered on the lower left, Copyright stamp on the reverse
From the edition of 250

Abell: 18 October 2020
Estimated: USD 7,000 – 10,000
USD 11,000 (Hammer)
USD 13,750

ANDY WARHOL (American, 1928-1987)
Sidewalk (Feldman and Schellmann II 304), 1983
from “Eight by Eight to Celebrate the Temporary Contemporary”
Screenprint in colors on Dutch Etching paper
Signed and numbered 229/250

Trial Proofs

Mainichi Auction Tokyo: 26 April 2025
Estimated: JPY 2,500,000 – 3,500,000
JPY 6,900,000 / USD 48,025
TRIAL PROOF

ANDY WARHOL
Sidewalk, 1983
Screenprint
Signed
A Trial Proof from the edition of 45

Heritage Auctions: 16 April 2024
Estimated: USD 25,000 – 35,000
USD 40,000
TRIAL PROOF

ANDY WARHOL (1928-1987)
Sidewalk (Feldman & Schellmann, IIB.304), 1983
Screenprint in colors on wove paper
T.P. 27/45 (trial proof aside from an edition of 250)
Signed and editioned in pencil, lower left

Phillips New-York: 26 October 2023
Estimated: USD 25,000 – 35,000
USD 40,640
TRIAL PROOF

LA Modern: 17 February 2019
Estimated: USD 20,000 – 30,000
USD 34,275
TRIAL PROOF

ANDY WARHOL (1928–1987)
Sidewalk, 1983
Screenprint on Dutch Etching paper
Signed with edition in graphite lower left edge of sheet
Edition: #4 of 45 unique trial proofs aside from the edition of 250

Bonhams New-York: 22 May 2018
Estimated: USD 25,000 – 35,000
USD 31,250
TRIAL PROOF

Christie’s New-York: 12 November 2012
Estimated: USD 10,000 – 15,000
USD 21,250
TRIAL PROOF

ANDY WARHOL
Sidewalk, 1983
Screenprint in colors on Dutch Etching paper
Signed in pencil, numbered ‘TP 2/45’
A unique trial proof, the edition was 250 plus 30 artist’s proofs)

Christie’s New-York: 12 November 2012
Estimated: USD 10,000 – 15,000
USD 21,250
TRIAL PROOF

ANDY WARHOL
Sidewalk, 1983
Screenprint in colors on Dutch Etching paper
Signed in pencil, numbered ‘TP 26/45’
A unique trial proof, the edition was 250 plus 30 artist’s proofs

Sotheby’s New-York: 30 October 2008
Estimated: USD 12,000 – 18,000
USD 12,500
TRIAL PROOF

ANDY WARHOL
Sidewalk (F. & S. II.B 304), 1983
Screenprint in colors on Dutch Etching paper
Signed in pencil and inscribed ‘TP PP 1/3’
A unique color trial proof aside from the numbered edition of 250 (total edition includes 30 artist’s proofs)