From: Ladies and Gentleman
Andy Warhol (Pittsburgh 1928 - New York 1987)
Lot-No. 424
Proceeds : 12.000 €
1975. Screenprint in colours. 110 x 73,5 cm. On the reverse autographed and dat. Andy Warhol 75 as well as num. 25/125, framed under glass. Warhol found the models of the 'Ladies and Gentleman' in the subculture of New York's bars and nightclubs. Some of them belonged to minorities, and their lives away from the social mainstream fascinated the artist again and again in the course of his work. With the artist's flair, Warhol turned as early as 1975 to lifestyles that would not receive broader attention in public discourse until decades later. The 'Ladies and Gentleman' represent, as Warhol himself put it, an 'ideal femininity'. - Literature: Cat. rais.: Feldmann/Schellmann II.135 - Painter, graphic artist, filmmaker and publisher, one of the most important representatives of Pop Art. His serial works depicting consumer goods and celebrities are among the most expensive icons of contemporary art. W. began in the 50s as a commercial artist and soon belonged to their highly paid elite. He exhibited at MoMA as early as 1956, and by the mid-1960s at the latest, he was counted among the international avant-garde of the art world. W. had numerous exhibitions, including several times at Documenta. Through the serial repetition of a motif, often with intentionally imprecise color application, W. draws our attention to the manipulability of our perception through the media. Mus.: New York (MoMA, Metrop. Mus., Whitney Mus.), London (Tate Modern), Los Angeles (Mus. of Contemp. Art), Pittsburgh (Andy-Warhol-Mus.), Cologne (Mus. Ludwig) a. others. Lit.: Feldmann/Schellmann: A catalogue raisonné, 1985 a. others.
Andy Warhol: From: Ladies and Gentleman
Andy Warhol (Pittsburgh 1928 - New York 1987)
From: Ladies and Gentleman
Lot-No. 424
Proceeds : 12.000 €
1975. Screenprint in colours. 110 x 73,5 cm. On the reverse autographed and dat. Andy Warhol 75 as well as num. 25/125, framed under glass. Warhol found the models of the 'Ladies and Gentleman' in the subculture of New York's bars and nightclubs. Some of them belonged to minorities, and their lives away from the social mainstream fascinated the artist again and again in the course of his work. With the artist's flair, Warhol turned as early as 1975 to lifestyles that would not receive broader attention in public discourse until decades later. The 'Ladies and Gentleman' represent, as Warhol himself put it, an 'ideal femininity'. - Literature: Cat. rais.: Feldmann/Schellmann II.135 - Painter, graphic artist, filmmaker and publisher, one of the most important representatives of Pop Art. His serial works depicting consumer goods and celebrities are among the most expensive icons of contemporary art. W. began in the 50s as a commercial artist and soon belonged to their highly paid elite. He exhibited at MoMA as early as 1956, and by the mid-1960s at the latest, he was counted among the international avant-garde of the art world. W. had numerous exhibitions, including several times at Documenta. Through the serial repetition of a motif, often with intentionally imprecise color application, W. draws our attention to the manipulability of our perception through the media. Mus.: New York (MoMA, Metrop. Mus., Whitney Mus.), London (Tate Modern), Los Angeles (Mus. of Contemp. Art), Pittsburgh (Andy-Warhol-Mus.), Cologne (Mus. Ludwig) a. others. Lit.: Feldmann/Schellmann: A catalogue raisonné, 1985 a. others.
