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
In Beethoven (F&S II.392), Warhol expands his engagement with repetition and interruption. Musical notation from Moonlight Sonata becomes increasingly dominant, pressing against the portrait and breaking its form. The effect...
In Beethoven (F&S II.392), Warhol expands his engagement with repetition and interruption. Musical notation from Moonlight Sonata becomes increasingly dominant, pressing against the portrait and breaking its form. The effect suggests both homage and erasure—Warhol places Beethoven into the same visual logic as his depictions of Marilyn or Mao: iconic, flattened, and eternally reprinted. Signed and numbered lower right. This work is offered in excellent condition with full authentication and documentation.
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Catalogue Raisonnee: Feldman & Schellmann II.392