Two granolithographs in colors on wove paper
USA, 1980s
Andy Warhol (1928-1987) – American artist, graphic artist and filmmaker
Each with the printed signature lower right ‘Andy Warhol’
Each numbered in pencil lower left ‘1131/2400’
Each stamped on verso ‘CMOA’ (Carnegie Museum of Art)
Catalog raisonné: compare Schellmann/Feldmann II.91 and II.95
Image dimensions: each 59,8 x 59,8 cm
Very good condition
Andy Warhol was a co-founder of the US-American Pop Art and is considered its most important representative; original large format serigraphs fetch up to 231,000 euros at international auctions

The granolithographs in colors, a printing technique that was developed for screenless reproduction of works of art show a famous motif by Warhol, the portrait of the Chinese politician Mao Zedong from the same-named portfolio from 1972 comprising ten serigraphs. The present edition was published by the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh.

Both granolithographs show lower right the printed signature ‘Andy Warhol’, and are each numbered in pencil lower left ‘1131/2400’. The sheets are both in very good condition. The full-sheet images measure each 59.8 x 59.8 cm.

Andy Warhol (1928-1987)

Andy Warhol, founder and leading figure of the American Pop Art, was born in 1928 as a son of a Russian family in Pennsylvania. He began his career as an artist by creating advertising graphics. Already in 1956, he presented his graphic works at the Museum of Modern Art. In the early 1960s Warhol began experimenting with different techniques and started focusing on typically American objects of the consumer society, as for example Campbell’s soup cans or Coca Cola bottles. In 1962 Warhol started with his series of portraits of famous stars, such as Marilyn Monroe or Elvis Presley, who were then at the height of their career. His renowned studio ‘The Factory’ was a meeting point for internationally successful artists, actors and musicians. As early as the 1970s galleries started exhibiting Warhol’s work, which is now part of some of the most famous collections, such as the Modern Museum of Art in New York, the Tate Modern in London and the d’Art Moderne in Paris. (fea)

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