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This sparkling study of a glass slipper is executed in paint marker over vibrant red screen print and foil applique. At the center of the composition is a single shoe, stylized with confident silver strokes and asterisks depicting the footwear’s glitter. The shoe is framed by a gold mirror. Teenaged Rene fell in with the Factory crowd after moving to New York in 1960 and was cast in various films by Andy Warhol: references to the Pop giant can be found throughout his art. Ricard’s dainty glass slipper sketch is an homage to Warhol’s colorful fashion illustrations which portrayed various women’s shoes labeled with socialites’ and celebrities’ names.
Ricard knew the importance of a good heel: in a New York Times interview, Chiara Clemente, the daughter of artist Francesco Clemente, recalls when Ricard took her to purchase her first pair of mary-jane heels at the age of six or seven (it’s possible that the accomplished director was a size three at the time!). Size 3 is a cheeky gem which stands out in Ricard’s body of work for its subdued harmony.
Size 3? 1989 Paint marker, foil applique over silkscreen 44.5 x 30.5 inches / 113 x 77.5 cm
Signed Rene Ricard aug22 1989
