Andy Warhol 1928-1987
Mao, 1972
From the portfolio of ten screenprints on Becket High White paper
36 x 36 inches (91.4 x 91.4 cm).
250 signed in ball-point pen and numbered with a rubber stamp on verso. There are 50 AP signed and numbered in pencil on verso; some signed and numbered in ball-point pen.
Based on the photograph on the cover of Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-Tung, created in 1972, Warhol’s portraits of Chairman Mao are undeniably among the most historically potent, culturally significant,...
Based on the photograph on the cover of Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-Tung, created in 1972, Warhol’s portraits of Chairman Mao are undeniably among the most historically potent, culturally significant, and iconic works of the twentieth century.
Provenance
Printer: Styria Studio, Inc., New York
Publisher: Castelli Graphics and Multiples, Inc., New York