While Andy once said, “I never met an animal I didn’t like,” he certainly favored dogs, owning several in his lifetime. Warhol rendered his pups on canvas and film; it was his 1986 portrayal of Yves Saint Laurent’s French Bulldog Moujik, whom we fell in love with and had to interpret in wallpaper. Warhol’s multi-color screenprint Moujik is engaging and endearing and demonstrates his signature layered off-register and outlined technique to achieve a lively, three-dimensional look. We worked the Frenchies into a fun, atypical repeat to make the pattern best in the show.
The Teddy colorway makes you want to snuggle. A dark chocolate layer framed in taupe linework provides most of Moujik's details on a comfy oatmeal clay coated substrate, while fun peachy coral accents add some pop and character.
Andy Warhol was a leading figure in the pop art movement of the 1960s and is considered one of the most important artists of the late 20th Century. The Andy Warhol x Flavor Paper Collection represents our interpretations of Warhol's work—some iconic and others handpicked from deep in the artist's archives—released in a globally exclusive partnership with the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, which has been ongoing since 2013.
