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.98) demonstrates Warhol’s sustained interrogation of how mass-reproduced images shape cultural memory. By the early 1970s, Warhol had already deconstructed the visual languages of celebrity and...
Mao (F & S II.98) demonstrates Warhol’s sustained interrogation of how mass-reproduced images shape cultural memory. By the early 1970s, Warhol had already deconstructed the visual languages of celebrity and branding; the Mao series extended this analysis into political terrain. In treating Mao’s image with the same process used for consumer products, Warhol emphasised the collapse of ideological content into aesthetic surface. This edition is included in the complete Mao portfolio, offered by Coskun Fine Art in excellent condition with full documentation and expert advisory.
Provenance
Printer: Styria Studio, Inc., New York
Publisher: Castelli Graphics and Multiples, Inc., New York