Watch John Swarbrooke introduce Andy Warhol / Renaissance
‘Details of Renaissance Paintings’ (Sandro Botticelli, Birth of Venus, 1482), 1984
(one plate; see F. & S. IIB.316-319)
signed and numbered lower left 64/70 Andy Warhol
screenprint on Arches Aquarelle paper
Image: 63.5 x 94 cm.
Sheet: 82 x 111.5 cm.
Published by Editions Schellmann & Klüser, Munich/New York in ed. of 70 plus 16 artist proofs
PROVENANCE:
Private Collection, USA.
LITERATURE:
F. Feldman & J. Schellmann, Andy Warhol Prints: A Catalogue Raisonné, New York, 1985, p. 99, no. IIB.316.
Warhol transforms Botticelli’s culturally ubiquitous image of the goddess emerging from the sea. As in his portraits of Marilyn Monroe and Elizabeth Taylor from the 1960s, Warhol draws on neon colours and stark composition to present Venus as a pop commodity. He crops the full source image to focus on the face and hair of the subject, surrounding her profile with a flat colour background.
‘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.
‘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.
RESERVED