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.
Mao (F & S II.99) concludes Warhol’s Mao portfolio with a powerful summation of the artist’s conceptual goals. This print, like the others in the series, questions how political images...
Mao (F & S II.99) concludes Warhol’s Mao portfolio with a powerful summation of the artist’s conceptual goals. This print, like the others in the series, questions how political images lose meaning through saturation. By repeating the face of a global figure and subjecting it to aesthetic treatment, Warhol detaches the image from its source, inviting the viewer to consider not who Mao was, but what his image represents in a media-dominated world. This work is offered exclusively as part of the complete ten-print portfolio, in excellent condition, fully authenticated and available through Coskun Fine Art.
Provenance
Printer: Styria Studio, Inc., New York
Publisher: Castelli Graphics and Multiples, Inc., New York