Andy Warhol
Ladies and Gentlemen - Screenprint by Andy Warhol - 1975
1975

Name: Ladies and Gentlemen - Screenprint by Andy Warhol - 1975
Brand: Andy Warhol
Price: 17717.81 USD
Availability: InStock

About the Item

Ladies and Gentlemen is a colored screen print realized in 1975 by the Pop artist Andy Warhol. Reference: Feldman-Schellmann, II.126. Monogrammed in pencil lower right and edition lower left on the reverse. Edition of 105/150 Slight traces of wear on the reverse and an almost invisible stain, the other materials have been preserved. The artwork is from the series Ladies and Gentlemen. With this series the artist wants to temporarily abandon his iconic portraits of stars like Marilyn Monroe and Elvis. He thus decides to pay attention to unknown and ignored figures. By photographing drag queens in the New York night clubs, the artist elevates them and makes them his sources of inspiration.

Creator:

Andy Warhol (1928 - 1987, American)

Creation Year:

1975

Dimensions:

Height: 39.38 in (100 cm)Width: 27.56 in (70 cm)Depth: 0.04 in (1 mm)

Medium:

Screen

Movement & Style:

Pop Art

Period:

1970-1979

Framing:

Framing Options Available

Condition:

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Gallery Location:

Roma, IT

Reference Number:

Seller: T-1484561stDibs: LU650314356362

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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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