Andy Warhol 1928-1987
Beethoven, 1987
From the portfolio of four screenprints on Lenox Museum Board
40 x 40 inches (101.6 x 101.6 cm)
Numbered in pencil and signed in pencil on verso by the executor of the Estate of Andy Warhol, the publisher, and the printer on a stamped certificate of authenticity.
Edition: 60, 15 AP, 10 PP, 20 numbered in Roman numerals
Warhol’s Beethoven (F&S II.391) builds upon the artist’s process of visual deconstruction. In this version, overlapping musical notations and graphic blocks partially obscure Beethoven’s face—transforming the Romantic ideal into a...
Warhol’s Beethoven (F&S II.391) builds upon the artist’s process of visual deconstruction. In this version, overlapping musical notations and graphic blocks partially obscure Beethoven’s face—transforming the Romantic ideal into a layered and abstract icon. By disrupting the portrait’s legibility, Warhol interrogates the ways public figures are remembered: not as individuals, but as constructed, endlessly reproduced images. Signed and numbered lower right, this edition is in excellent condition, with full provenance and authentication available through Coskun Fine Art.
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Catalogue Raisonnee: Feldman & Schellmann II.393