Andy Warhol

The complete portfolio of ten screenprints in colors, 1972, signed in ball-point pen on the verso, one dedicated on the verso 'to philae and peter from Andy Warhol' in black marker, stamp-numbered 222/250, with the ink stamp of the printer, Styria Studio, Inc., New York, published by Castelli Graphics and Multiples, Inc., New York, on Beckett High White paper, framed (10 prints)

The prints are in good condition, the full sheets with very fresh colors. Four prints with two inconspicuous creases and hairline cracks in the ink. Eight versos with unobtrusive discoloration and five with t.mes -stain at the sheet edges. Each with 6-8 hinge remnants, the signature partially obscured on nine prints. (A slight wave in the sheets.) Additional condition notes include:F. & S. II.91: Stray-in in the top left corner.F. & S. II.93: Apparent in raking light, unobtrusive rubbings in the top left corner.
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Andy Warhol's Mao portfolio marks the first project wherein the prints and the paintings of a subject were produced at the same t.mes . Previously, the artist developed a print composition after exploring the subject matter in his paintings and eventually, the paintings followed the prints in their use of imagery.  

 

Mao comprises ten screenprints, employing the same medium the artist used throughout his career for both works on paper (unique as well as in editions) and canvas (paintings). However, in these works, the different colors are layered in such a fashion that a texture is produced, setting them apart aesthetically from the flat uniform surface customarily attributed to the screenprint.

 

The image Warhol uses in the Mao prints comes from the photograph that appeared on the cover of Quotations from Chairman Mao-Tse-Tung and the project came to fruition as a direct consequence of Nixon opening up China to the west. This typifies the appropriation of notable figures and events that is the very essence of POP and the spirit of Andy Warhol’s work. Much of the art produced since the 1970s draws on consumer, celebrity or political culture and the re-packaging of these themes as Replica Handbags can be traced back to Warhol, with the Mao portfolio as an ideal example.