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This screenprint in colors on Lenox Museum Board with diamond dust is one of a limited edition of 200. Part of the Myths series, this artwork is signed and numbered and measures 38 by 38 inches (43 3/4 by 43 3/4 inches framed).
Andy Warhol’s 1981 “Myths” portfolio is one of the artist’s most sought-after print series. Warhol went beyond depicting celebrity personalities and turned to timeless mythical pop culture icons, such as the classic Wicked Witch of the West featured here. While the Pop artist often used found images for his celebrity portraits, he took a different approach for the screenprints in the “Myths” portfolio, photographing friends and actors in his studio posed as characters such as Dracula and Uncle Sam.
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Obsessed with celebrity, consumer culture, and mechanical reproduction, Pop artist Andy Warhol created some of the 20th century’s most iconic images. He drew widely from popular culture and everyday subject matter in his most famous works. Rejecting the dominant painting and sculpting modes of his day, Warhol embraced silkscreen printmaking to achieve his characteristic color block style. The artist mentored Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat and continues to influence contemporary art around the world: His provocative successors include Richard Prince, Takashi Murakami, and Jeff Koons. Warhol has been the subject of exhibitions at the Whitney Museum of American Art, Museum of Modern Art, Tate Modern, and Centre Pompidou, among other institutions. His works have sold for upwards of $100 million at auction.
