A painting created by Andy Warhol featuring handprints, originally made in a New York restaurant in 1985, has been discovered in Austria and is valued at approximately $8 million. The artwork is scheduled to be exhibited in a museum.
The piece was created at The Strand, a restaurant then owned by Peter Herrero, which operated briefly on West 46th Street. Herrero invited patrons and friends, including artists and celebrities, to paint the restaurant's tables. Dolly Fox, who was an editor at Warhol's Interview magazine and a friend of Herrero, invited Warhol to contribute to one of the tables.
"It was just a day in the life of Dolly and Andy," Fox told Page Six. She recalled that the collaboration with Warhol took about 10 minutes.
The restaurant closed shortly after, and the table disappeared from public view for decades. Fox noted that the establishment was a "tiny little gloomy spot" where photography was not permitted, contributing to its obscurity.
Early in 2026, Vienna-based filmmaker Robert Hofferer, founder of Artdeluxe, located Fox after discovering her signature on the tabletop. Hofferer was working on a museum project for Austrian art collector Reinhard Diethardt, who had acquired the table.
Diethardt purchased the artwork for $2 million in 2005. He recently commissioned Hofferer to feature the table prominently in a museum dedicated to his collection. Hofferer stated, "The table will play a central role."
Fox is expected to reunite with the artwork in October. "It's found! I wasn't lying. There's proof," she said, expressing validation that the work she participated in creating truly exists.
Notable figures who were present at The Strand and may have contributed to other tables include artist Peter Max and actor Christopher Walken, according to Fox.