Granolithograph in colors on wove paper
USA, 1986
After Andy Warhol (1928-1987) – American artist, graphic artist and filmmaker
With the printed signature lower right ‘Andy Warhol’
Numbered lower left in pencil ‘1004/2400’
Stamped verso ‘CMOA’ (Carnegie Museum of Art)
Catalog raisonné: compare Schellmann 23
Image dimensions: 59.8 x 60 cm
Good condition
Andy Warhol was a co-founder of the US-American Pop Art and is considered its most important representative; original large format silkscreens fetch up to €231,000 at international auctions

The granolithograph in colors, a printing technique that was developed for screenless reproduction of works of art, shows the most famous motif of the artist, a portrait of the actress Marilyn Monroe. The portfolio comprising ten silkscreens, which each depict the portrait in different color combination, was created by Warhol in 1967. The present reproduction after one of these silkscreens was published 1986 by the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh.



The granolithograph in colors shows lower right the printed signature ‘Andy Warhol’, and is numbered in pencil lower left ‘1042/2400’. It is equipped with the stamp of the Carnegie Museum of Art (CMOA). The sheet bears a small, unobtrusive scratch and is in good condition. The full-sheet image measures 59.8 x 60 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. (tm)

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