Artist: Andy Warhol (1928-1987) American Title: Mao Tse-Tung (Announcement) Signature: signed in black felt-tip pen by the artist Medium: offset lithograph printed in colours, 1972 Size: 17½ x 35cm (6.9 x 13.8in) Framed Size: 36.5 x 54cm (14.4 x 21.3in) Provenance: Taylor Gallery, Belfast; Private Collection a#morebtn { color: #de1d01; } a#morebtn:hover { cursor: pointer;} Ten years after Andy Warhol's breakthrough works - including stencil and silkscreen-based multiples of Campbell's Soup and Coco-Cola labels and mass media images of Marilyn Monroe - he had reached much further in search of subjects that might be trea... Read more Ten years after Andy Warhol's breakthrough works - including stencil and silkscreen-based multiples of Campbell's Soup and Coco-Cola labels and mass media images of Marilyn Monroe - he had reached much further in search of subjects that might be treated in the same way. They included Elvis, car crashes and most wanted criminal mugshots. Mao Tse-Tung, he realized at some point, was an iconic figure who warranted celebrity treatment. And there was the mixed message chemistry of combining revolutionary politics with Pop Art.
Artist: Andy Warhol (1928-1987) American Title: Mao Tse-Tung (Announcement) Signature: signed in black felt-tip pen by the artist Medium: offset lithograph printed in colours, 1972 Size: 17½ x 35cm (6.9 x 13.8in) Framed Size: 36.5 x 54cm (14.4 x 21.3in) Provenance: Taylor Gallery, Belfast; Private Collection a#morebtn { color: #de1d01; } a#morebtn:hover { cursor: pointer;} Ten years after Andy Warhol's breakthrough works - including stencil and silkscreen-based multiples of Campbell's Soup and Coco-Cola labels and mass media images of Marilyn Monroe - he had reached much further in search of subjects that might be trea... Read more Ten years after Andy Warhol's breakthrough works - including stencil and silkscreen-based multiples of Campbell's Soup and Coco-Cola labels and mass media images of Marilyn Monroe - he had reached much further in search of subjects that might be treated in the same way. They included Elvis, car crashes and most wanted criminal mugshots. Mao Tse-Tung, he realized at some point, was an iconic figure who warranted celebrity treatment. And there was the mixed message chemistry of combining revolutionary politics with Pop Art.
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