Andy Warhol: ‘Mammy (FS II.262)’ 1981, screenprint, signed, edition of 200, size: 38 x 38 in. Price upon request

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Andy Warhol, from Myths Portfolio MAMMY 1981, Silkscreen, with diamond dust, not signed and numbered, Paper size 38 x 38 inch,

Andy Warhol, from the Myths Portfolio: MAMMY 1981, Silkscreen, with diamond dust, not signed and numbered, Paper size 38 x 38 inch, Price upon request

About this Artwork

Of his silkscreens, Warhol has said “the reason I’m painting this way is that I want to be a machine, and I feel that whatever I do and do machine-like is what I want to do.” Indeed, machine-like precision and mimicry appear repeatedly in works of this medium. The screenprinting process was a variation of stenciling. Warhol had a streamlined process in producing silk screen prints. First, he laid a photograph on to the mesh of a silk screen. Afterwards, he passed an ink-covered squeegee over the mesh. The ink would pass through the mesh and impress a print of the image onto the canvas underneath. The choice of ink depended on the intended composition of the final product. Warhol was able to apply multiple colors to create a layering effect, thus a different color composition could be made each time. He used a variety of canvases and papers.Warhol’s best known silk screen prints include his iconic portfolio of Marilyn Monroe: Marilyn Monroe (Marilyn), 1967 and Elizabeth Taylor (Colored Liz), 1963, Grace Kelly.Producing art in a systematic manner similar to an assembly line, Warhol gave rise to series or portfolios of his beloved celebrities. Even today, these massively recognizable images serve as a beacon of popular culture.

About Andy Warhol

The American artist and filmmaker Andy Warhol was born Andrew Warhola in 1928 and died in 1987. Warhol first found success as an award-winning commercial artist in New York. He soon put the commercial techniques he learned as an illustrator to work in his now-famous studio, dubbed the “Factory.” Appropriately enough, the artist once said, “I want to be a machine, ” reiterating the commercial, serial themes displayed in his paintings. Surrounding himself with a notorious coterie of assistants – from drifters and junkies to musicians and “poor little rich kids” – Warhol installed himself in his Factory, which itself quickly became New York’s most famous counter-culture nucleus. Ghostly pale and silver-wigged, Andy Warhol has become an icon himself, an impenetrable enigma who became one of the most singularly identifiable figures of the turbulent sixties. And while Warhol’s work may be best known for its stark reflections of popular and commercial culture, the artist did not hesitate to explore some of the more sinister traits of his era – from war and criminality. His grainy images of highway accidents and his serial panels of the handgun or the electric chair seem to drown emotion while at the same time recovering some of the shock power lost in the media’s trivialization of disaster. Warhol’s work has been called both naive and sophisticated, thought-provoking and mindless, superficial and profound, and the furor he created refuses to die down – more than a decade after the artist’s death.

Andy Warhol, Grace Kelly, 1984, F&S II.305, hand signed and numbered in pencil. Printer Rupert Jasen Smith, New York. Publisher Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with the consent of the Princess Grace Foundation (U.S.A.) New York. Andy Warhol Prints Catalogue Raisonne 1962-1987 Feldman/Schellmann Fourth Edition II.305, edition of 225, Screenprint on Lenox Museum Board, 40" x 32" (101.6 cm x 81.3 cm)

Andy Warhol:‘Grace Kelly’, 1984, F&S II.305, silkscreen, hand signed and numbered in pencil. Printer Rupert Jasen Smith, New York. Publisher Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with the consent of the Princess Grace Foundation (U.S.A.) New York. Andy Warhol Prints Catalogue Raisonne 1962-1987 Feldman/Schellmann Fourth Edition II.305, edition of 225, Silkscreen on Lenox Museum Board, 40″ x 32″ (101.6 cm x 81.3 cm).Price upon request.

Andy Warhol: "Marilyn", 1971/1986, Offset print published by Tate Gallery, London (not in F. & S.) One of about 30 signed official exhibition posters. Format: 76.2 x 50.8 cm. Andy Warhol signed with a black marker lower right for Anthony d'Offay in London, 1986, during a private opening for the Andy Warhol exhibition at the Anthony d'Offay Gallery, London, July 9 - August 22, 1986. This was Warhol's last exhibition in England before his death. This print was originally published by Tate Gallery, London, 1971, for their Andy Warhol exhibition. It was realized by Hillingdon Press Lim., Uxbridge. Condition of the sheet: minor surface soiling, occasional soft creases, fading of the colour due to time, otherwise in good condition, framed in a white wooden frame, as illustrated

Andy Warhol: “Marilyn”, 1971/1986, Offset print, published by Tate Gallery, London (not in F. & S.). One of about 30 signed official exhibition posters. Size: 76.2 x 50.8 cm. Andy Warhol signed with a black marker lower right for Anthony d’Offay in London, 1986, during a private opening for the Andy Warhol exhibition at the Anthony d’Offay Gallery, London, July 9 – August 22, 1986. This was Warhol’s last exhibition in England before his death. This print was originally published by Tate Gallery, London, 1971, for their Andy Warhol exhibition. It was realized by Hillingdon Press Lim., Uxbridge. In a white wooden frame. Sorry sold.

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Andy Warhol, Electric Chair, Signed by Andy Warhol in ball-point pen and stamp-numbered, verso. Artist Proof from the A.P. edition of 50, aside from the regular edition of 250 (Printer: Silkprint Kettner, Zurich, Switzerland, Publisher: Bruno Bischofberger, Zurich, Switzerland). (Feldman-Schellmann, II.81).

Andy Warhol:Electric Chair, signed by Andy Warhol in ball-point pen and stamp-numbered, verso. Artist Proof from the A.P. edition of 50, aside from the regular edition of 250 (Printer: Silkprint Kettner, Zurich, Switzerland, Publisher: Bruno Bischofberger, Zurich, Switzerland). (Feldman-Schellmann, II.81).Price upon request

Double Elvis by Andy Warhol, offset lithograph, Paper size: 21 x 39.1/2 inch (53.5 x 99.7 cm) Images size: 18.3/4 x 19.1/4 in. (49.1 x 48 cm) very good conditionAndy Warhol, Double Elvis, offset lithograph, paper size: 21 x 39.1/2 inch (53.5 x 99.7 cm), image size: 18.3/4 x 19.1/4 in. (49.1 x 48 cm) very good condition.Price upon request

Andy Warhol: Mao (FS II.97), 1972, Screenprint on Beckett High White paper, size: 36.00 x 36.00 in / 91.4 x 91.4 cm, edition of 250, signed, numbered, Certificate of Authenticity. Condition A: Mint.

Andy Warhol:Queen Elizabeth II of England, 1986, signed in print, from Reigning Queens: First edition exhibition poster, offset lithograph, designed by Andy Warhol for Art Expo Denmark in 1986, featuring the Reigning Queens portfolio, signed in print. Size: 32.25 x 23.5 in. Condition: A-: Near Mint, very light signs of handling.Price upon request.

Andy Warhol: Mao (Wallpaper), 1974, Screenprint on wallpaper, (F. & S. 125A), size: 101.9 x 74.9 cm (40 1/8 x 29 ½ inches), edition of approximately 100, signed in felt pen in 1979. Published for a Warhol exhibition at the Musée Galliera, Paris, France, February 23rd – March 18th, 1974. Printer: Bill Miller’s Wallpaper Studio, New York. Publisher: Factory Additions, New York

Andy Warhol: Mao (Wallpaper), 1974, Screenprint on wallpaper, (F. & S. 125A), size: 101.9 x 74.9 cm (40 1/8 x 29 ½ inches), edition of approximately 100, signed in felt pen in 1979. Published for a Warhol exhibition at the Musée Galliera, Paris, France, February 23rd – March 18th, 1974. Printer: Bill Miller’s Wallpaper Studio, New York. Publisher: Factory Additions, New York.Price upon request

Andy Warhol: Mao (FS II.97), 1972, Screenprint on Beckett High White paper, size: 36.00 x 36.00 in / 91.4 x 91.4 cm, edition of 250, signed, numbered, Certificate of Authenticity. Condition A: Mint.Price upon request

Andy Warhol: Mao, 1996, Offset lithograph, exhibition poster, Image Size: 30.5 x 23.25 in / 77,5 x 59,0 cm, paper Size: 59 x 27 in / 99 x 68,5 cm. Condition A-: Near Mint, very light signs of handling. The copyright for this poster starts in 1996 and belongs to the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. The poster was created in 1996, coinciding with the re-opening of the Hamburger Bahnhof, Museum, Berlin, after it's renovation.

Andy Warhol: Mao, 1996, Offset lithograph, exhibition poster, Image Size: 30.5 x 23.25 in / 77,5 x 59,0 cm, paper Size: 59 x 27 in / 99 x 68,5 cm. Condition A-: Near Mint, very light signs of handling. The copyright for this poster starts in 1996 and belongs to the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. The poster was created in 1996, coinciding with the re-opening of the Hamburger Bahnhof, Museum, Berlin, after it’s renovation.Price upon request.

Andy Warhol: Mao, 1989, limited edition poster for an exhibition of the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, held in Milan, Italy, 1989, edition of 2000. Image Size: 32.75 x 26.75 in, paper size: 32.75 x 26.75 in. Condition A: Mint.

Andy Warhol: Mao, 1989, limited edition poster for an exhibition of the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, held in Milan, Italy, 1989, edition of 2000. Size: 32.75 x 26.75 in /83 x 66 cm. Condition A: Mint.Price upon request.

Andy Warhol: "Querelle, Yellow", high-quality art print, 70 x 99 cm. First edition poster for the film "Querelle", 1982, directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, starring Brad Davis, Franco Nero and Jeanne Moreau.

Andy Warhol: “Querelle, Green”, high-quality art print, 70 x 99 cm. First edition poster for the film “Querelle”, 1982, directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, starring Brad Davis, Franco Nero and Jeanne Moreau.Price upon request.

Andy Warhol:”Querelle, Grey”, high-quality art print, 70 x 99 cm. First edition poster for the film “Querelle”, 1982, directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, starring Brad Davis, Franco Nero and Jeanne Moreau.Price upon request

Andy Warhol:“Querelle, Blue”, high-quality art print, 70 x 99 cm. First edition poster for the film “Querelle”, 1982, directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, starring Brad Davis, Franco Nero and Jeanne Moreau.Price upon request

Andy Warhol, Joseph Beuys Poster, April 1980, Napoli, offset lithograph Paper size: 18.1/2 x 27 inch Images size: 18.1/2 x 27 inchAndy Warhol,Joseph Beuys, Poster by Andy Warhol, April 1980, Napoli, offset lithograph, paper size: 18.1/2 x 27 inch ( 47 x 68,5 cm).Price upon request

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