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Limited Edition "Revolver" Surfboard / Sculpture by Andy Warhol Tim Bessell

Price:$5,000

$6,800List Price

About the Item

Limited Edition "Revolver" Surfboard / Sculpture by Andy Warhol and world renowned surfboard shaper, Tim Bessell, circa 2014. The pintail surfboard is made of polyester resin; hand-shaped polyurethane foam and includes a digital Warhol print. It is in excellent condition with no dings and measures 20"W x 2.5"D x 98"H. The piece comes with a signed certificate of authentication and is #8 of 10 from series #1 of the "Artist Series". These boards currently retail in galleries for $14,000. Very cool and colorful piece of pop art! #3580 Tim Bessell is known worldwide for hand-shaping quality surfboards. Based in San Diego, Bessell originally got the idea after coming across a series of Warhol skateboards by Alien Workshop. “I had seen the line of skateboards and I thought, nobody’s doing surfboards.” The Andy Warhol Foundation, who owns the copyrights to the artist work, jumped on the idea to collaborate. “The project we have with Tim is totally different than the one we have with Absolut or Comme des Garçons or Dior or Converse. We have a shaper here who is also an artist, who is from San Diego, and whose own main inspiration is Andy Warhol. It’s so authentic.” The popularity of the collaboration has grown at a fast pace, with one of the first works of the series was exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego. These fully functional surfboards are so beautiful they're more often displayed in the home as sculptural objects. They come ready-to-mount, but can also simply be leaned against the wall.. Bessell has more than 30 years of experience as a surfboard shaper. In 1967, Tim was only 10 years old and lived right next to Andy Warhol, in La Jolla, California. Interestingly, in 1968, Andy Warhol directed a surf movie inspired by Californian surfing. "San Diego Surf" is a 90-minute film shot in La Jolla, which features colorful and hilarious pop artwork. From the San Diego Reader, August 15, 2017: "Artist Andy Warhol became famous for finding art in things as common as soup cans. While surfboards are not that common, pop art’s crown prince did have a brief brush with the functional art form. In 1968 Warhol was living in La Jolla, directing his forgettable film San Diego Surf. From his rented house on Calle De La Plata in La Jolla Shores it was a short hop across the street to Carl Ekstrom’s surf shop. The man answering the phone happened to be a surfer/skater aware of Tim through his surfboards. There, Andy bought two of Ekstrom’s patented asymmetrical surfboards, one as a prop for his movie and another for a show he intended having. (The show was canceled and the film was shelved after Warhol was shot and wounded on June 3, 1968. He died in 1987.) Enter Tim Bessell. Bessell, who grew up in La Jolla, was aware of Warhol when he began building surfboards in his parents' garage on West Muirlands Drive at age 13. Fifty thousand surfboards and 40 years later, he’s still at it. He had always intended being an artist and initially fulfilled that dream by shaping surfboards. According to Bessell, “I’ve always considered shaping an art, but it was not embraced as such until around 10 years ago.” Bessell was about to leave for New York in 1984 when he ran into his friend Carl Ekstrom who jokingly said, "If you see Warhol, tell him hello for me." In New York Bessell was invited by a friend to the opening of the Playboy Club in downtown Manhattan. Seeing Warhol in the crowd, he timidly approached and mentioned that their mutual friend, Carl Ekstrom said hello. "Carl’s great," replied Warhol. "I still have that beautiful surfboard he made." That chance encounter would have been enough for Bessell, but in 2012, after realizing that Andy Warhol skateboards were being produced by the skateboard company, Alien Workshop, he considered applying Warhol’s art to surfboards. When he cold-called the licensees in New York, the man answering the phone happened to be a surfer/skater aware of Tim through his surfboards. Six months later they had worked out an agreement. Now, in their fourth year of production, Bessell has shaped and designed over 200 surfboards bearing Warhol’s timeless images."

Creator:
Steve Kaufman (Artist)
Dimensions:
Height: 27.5 in (69.85 cm)Width: 45.75 in (116.21 cm)Depth: 2 in (5.08 cm)
Style:
Modern (In the Style Of)
Materials and Techniques:
Resin
Place of Origin:
United States
Period:
21st Century
Date of Manufacture:
2014
Condition:
Wear consistent with age and use.
Seller Location:
San Diego, CA
Reference Number:
Seller: #35801stDibs: LU936639142802

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