‘Details of Renaissance Paintings’ (Paolo Uccello, St. George and the Dragon, 1460), 1984

(one plate; see F. & S. II.324-327)
signed and numbered lower left 39/50 Andy Warhol
screenprint on Arches Aquarelle paper
Image: 63.8 x 94.5 cm.
Sheet: 81.4 x 112 cm.

Published by Editions Schellmann & Klüser, Munich/New York in ed. of 50 plus 12 artist proofs 

PROVENANCE:
Private collection, USA, acquired from the above.  
LITERATURE:
F. Feldman & J. Schellmann, Andy Warhol Prints: A Catalogue Raisonné, New York, 1985, p. 101, no. II.324.

With St. George and the Dragon Warhol focuses on details of the damsel and the dragon’s wing, rendered in his signature neon colours, rather than the narrative of Paolo Uccello’s painting, transforming it into a powerful pop art image.