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WARHOL, Andy, Edward Kennedy, 1980
The American artist and filmmaker Andy Warhol was born Andrew Warhola in 1928. There has for years been quite a bit of confusion to where and when … [Read biography »]
Signed Andy Warhol (1928 - 1987), Original Screenprint on Lenox Museum Board with Diamond Dust, Edward Kennedy, 1980  |
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| Artist: | Warhol, Andy (1928 - 1987) |
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| Title: | Edward Kennedy, 1980 |
| Medium: | Original Screenprint on Lenox Museum Board with Diamond Dust |
| Image Size: | 40 in x 31 3/4 in (101.6 cm x 80.65 cm) |
| Framed Size: | 52 3/4 in x 44 1/2 in (134 cm x 113.03 cm) |
| Signed: | Hand signed by Andy Warhol (1928 - 1987) in pencil in the lower right |
| Edition: | Numbered 7/10HC in pencil in the lower right. Each of the 10HCs is a unique proof impression with unique coloration of which there are only 10 known prints-each with unique coloration. This specific proof impression features diamond dust throughout. |
| Condition: | This screenprint is in very good condition with bold, bright colors |
| Price: Item# 1668 | $SOLD Please visit the rest of our WARHOL inventory » |
| Description: | |
Created in 1980, this rare, unique proof impression is from Andy Warhol's diamond dust series, featuring diamond dust along the boldly-colored pink outlines throughout the composition. Numbered 7/10HC in pencil in the lower left (aside from 300, 25 AP, 3 PP, 15 TP and 1TPPP) , this print features unique coloration and is also hand signed by Andy Warhol in pencil in the lower right. Printed by Rupert Jasen Smith, New York and published by the Kennedy for President Committee, Washington, D.C. Monumental in scale and exemplary of Edward Kennedy's handsome, striking features, Andy Warhol created this unique print in support of Kennedy's presidential campaign in 1980. Not only is this work considered part of Warhol's classic and timeless works of portraiture, but serves to complement Kennedy's imprint that he left in United States politics during the late '70s and early '80s. This rare and historic work, worthy of critical acclaim, has captured the hearts and minds of every American, and has also transformed Kennedy's persona into a pop culture icon - an effect that Warhol has on all of his subjects of portraiture. Catalogue Raisonné & COA: 1) Feldman, Frayda and Jörg Schellmann. Andy Warhol Prints: A Catalogue Raisonné 1962 - 1987, 4th edition, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc.: New York, 2003. Listed and illustrated as catalogue raisonné no. II.240 on pg. 115 and also as a trial proof edition print, cat. no. IIB.240 on pg. 181. CUSTOM FRAMING OPTION: Edward Kennedy can be framed according to your custom framing needs. Our frame shop offers a variety of mouldings inspired by Contemporary, Spanish, Italian, and Baroque styles. If you have a specific moulding request, we can easily order it for you and subsequently mat and frame this work using all museum-quality, archival materials. If we have the moulding in stock we would custom frame it for free. If we have to special order the moulding the Charge for the framing would be $250. | |
Biography of Andy Warhol
Andy Warhol (1928 - 1987)
The American artist and filmmaker Andy Warhol was born Andrew Warhola in 1928. There has for years been quite a bit of confusion to where and when Andy Warhol was born, but according to Andy's two older brothers and the birth certificate that was filed in Pittsburgh in 1945, he was born on August 6th in Pittsburgh. Whether or not this is the day he was born hasn't been proved, but it was on this date he would celebrate his birthday. However, there is no doubt that he died at 6:31 A.M. on Sunday, February 22nd, 1987, at the New York Hospital after a gallbladder operation. He is considered a founder and major figure of the POP ART movement. A graduate of the Carnegie Institute of Technology in 1949, he moved to New York City and gained success as a commercial artist. He got his first break in August 1949, when Glamour Magazine wanted him to illustrate a feature entitled "Success is a Job in New York". But by accident the credit read "Drawings by Andy Warhol" and that's how Andy dropped the "a" in his last name. He continued doing ads and illustrations and by 1955 he was the most successful and imitated commercial artist in New York. In 1960 he produced the first of his paintings depicting enlarged comic strip images - such as Popeye and Superman - initially for use in a window display. Warhol pioneered the development of the process whereby an enlarged photographic image is transferred to a silk screen that is then placed on a canvas and inked from the back. It was this technique that enabled him to produce the series of mass-media images - repetitive, yet with slight variations - that he began in 1962. These, incorporating such items as Campbell's Soup cans, dollar bills, Coca-Cola bottles, and the faces of celebrities, can be taken as comments on the banality, harshness, and ambiguity of American culture.
Later in the 1960s, Warhol made a series of experimental films dealing with such ideas as time, boredom, and repetition; they include Sleep (1963), Empire (1964), and The Chelsea Girls (1966). In 1965 he started working with a rockband called "The Velvet Underground" formed by Lou Reed and John Cale. Andy introduced them to the model and moviestar Nico and she sang on their debut album from 1967 "The Velvet Underground and Nico". Andy would travel around the country, not only with The Velvets, but also with superstar of the year Edie Sedgwick and the lightshow "The Exploding Plastic Inevitable".
On June 3rd, 1968, Valerie Solanis, a rejected superstar, came into The Factory and shot Andy three times in the chest. He was rushed to hospital where he was pronounced dead, but after having his chest cut up and been given heart massage, he survived. Valerie Solanis turned herself in that night and was put in a mental institution. She was later given a three year prison sentence. After recovering Andy Warhol continued to work. He founded inter/VIEW magazine in 1969 (they changed the name to Interview in 1971), published The Philosophy of Andy Warhol: From A to B and Back Again in 1975 and continued to paint portraits until his death in 1987.
