The latest example is “Brillo Box (3¢ Off),” a pleasant if rather inconsequential documentary that debuts Monday on HBO. The narrative follows the life of a Warhol Brillo box sculpture, one of dozens he and his assistant, Gerard Malanga, produced between 1963 and 1964. Warhol’s Brillo box sculptures — more accurately regarded as three-dimensional paintings — were semi-autobiographical artistic packaging. Baby Lisanne Skyler on the Warhol Brillo box sculpture in 1969. “Brillo Box (3¢ Off)” set a surprise auction record, nearly quadrupling its estimate and pulling down $2,650,500, plus a $400,500 buyer’s premium for Christie’s.

Source: Los Angeles Times August 07, 2017 09:56 UTC