‘Details of Renaissance Paintings’ (Leonardo Da Vinci, The Annunciation, 1482), 1984
(one plate; see F. & S. II.320-323)
signed and numbered lower left AP 14/15 Andy Warhol
screenprint on Arches Aquarelle paper
Image: 64.1 x 94.6 cm.
Sheet: 81.3 x 111.8 cm.
Published by Editions Schellmann & Klüser, Munich/New York in ed. of 60 plus 15 artist proofs
PROVENANCE:
Private Collection, USA
LITERATURE:
F. Feldman & J. Schellmann, Andy Warhol Prints: A Catalogue Raisonné, New York, 1985, p. 100, no. II.322.
In his rendering of da Vinci’s Annunciation Warhol crops the full source image to focus on the hands of the Archangel Gabriel and Mary whilst highlighting the beauty of the enclosed garden, a neon yellow outline enlivening the image.