Andy Warhol
The Shadow (from Myths)

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A color screen print with diamond dust by Andy Warhol. "The Shadow" is a self-portrait print executed in a dark, bold palette of browns and blacks by American Pop Artist Any Warhol. This work is one of ten images from Andy Warhol's 1981 series "Myths". Each image in the series depicts characters from American pop culture. In this print, Andy Warhol uses his own image to portray the popular 1930's radio character "The Shadow". Edition 106/200 + 20 AP's + 5 PP's + 5 EP's. Signed lower right "106/200 Andy Warhol". Provenance: Private Collection, San Francisco Literature: Frayda Feldman and Jorg Schellmann, Andy Warhol Prints: A Catalogue Raisonne 1962-1987, Fourth edition, 2003, Catalogue Reference F&S II, 267; another impression reproduced in color page 119 Exhibition Catalogue, New York, Museum of Modern Art, Andy Warhol, A Retrospective, 1989, cat. no. 14, p. 94, another example illustrated Bruce D. Kurtz, Keith Haring, Andy Warhol and Walt Disney, Prestel, Germany, 1992, cat. No. 8, np. Another example illustrated

Creator:
Andy Warhol (1928 - 1987, American)
Dimensions:
Height: 37.5 in (95.25 cm)Width: 37.5 in (95.25 cm)
Medium:
Screen
Movement & Style:
Pop Art
Period:
Late 20th Century
Condition:
Gallery Location:
Palm Desert, CA
Reference Number:
Seller: 374251stDibs: LU936981742
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Andy Warhol

The name of American artist Andy Warhol is all but synonymous with Pop art, the movement he helped shape in the 1960s. He was phenomenally prolific, and the archive of original photography, prints, drawings, paintings and other art that he left behind is beyond vast.

Andy Warhol is known for his clever appropriation of motifs and images from popular advertising and commercials, which he integrated into graphic, vibrant works that utilized mass-production technologies such as printmaking, photography and silkscreening. Later in his career, Warhol expanded his oeuvre to include other forms of media, founding Interview magazine and producing fashion shoots and films on-site at the Factory, his world-famous studio in New York.

Born and educated in in Pittsburgh, Warhol moved to New York City in 1949 and built a successful career as a commercial illustrator. Although he made whimsical drawings as a hobby during these years, his career as a fine artist began in the mid-1950s with ink-blot drawings and hand-drawn silkscreens. The 1955 lithograph You Can Lead a Shoe to Water illustrates how he incorporated in his artwork advertising styles and techniques, in this case shoe commercials.

As a child, Warhol was often sick and spent much of his time in bed, where he would make sketches and put together collections of movie-star photographs. He described this period as formative in terms of his skills and interests. Indeed, Warhol remained obsessed with celebrities throughout his career, often producing series devoted to a famous face or an object from the popular culture, such as Chairman Mao or Campbell’s tomato soup. The 1967 silkscreen Marilyn 25 embodies his love of bright color and famous subjects.

Warhol was a prominent cultural figure in New York during the 1960s, ’70s and ’80s. The Factory was a gathering place for the era’s celebrities, writers, drag queens and fellow artists, and collaboration was common. To this day, Warhol remains one of the most important artists of the 20th century and continues to exert influence on contemporary creators.

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