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Andy Warhol

(United States, 1928-1987)
Estimate
400 000 - 600 000 SEK
35 700 - 53 600 EUR
36 300 - 54 400 USD
Hammer price
580 000 SEK
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Andy Warhol
(United States, 1928-1987)

"Liz"

Offset in colours, 1967, signed in ball point pen and dated '67, printed by Total Color, New York, published by Leo Castelli Gallery, New York. L. 55.5 x 55.5 cm. S. 58 x 59 cm.

Provenance

Sotheby's, New York, 1988.
Privat samling, Sverige.

Literature

Feldman II.7.

More information

Liz Taylor first appears in Warhol’s art in 1962 and has become one of the faces that is most associated with the artist. The portrait which fills the entire surface (on both paper and canvas) is a promotional photograph released when Taylor launched her film “Butterfield 8” in 1960. It is not unusual in the world of Warhol that the celebrities he uses has a tragic personal undertone. Liz Taylor was a celebrated movie star but also equally known for her failed marriages, her health and financial situation. In the same way as Marilyn Monroe, who Warhol also featured in his art, the tragic echo of their personal lives becomes another layer of the artwork that transcends the glamour. In the colour offset featured in this sale the lips and eyes have been heavily accentuated which puts the viewer in front of an artwork that combines glamour, camp and kitsch which was some of the ingredients Warhol loved.