Andy Warhol's Flowers made their first appearance on the New York art scene in 1964 when they were exhibited at the Leo Castelli Galley, meeting with enormous success. Flowers in the Pop Art version are among the artist's most evocative and popular works, but also the last in which the artist used the technique of painting. For Warhol, working on natural images was something he had never done before, in fact it seems that the idea for this choice was suggested to him by his friend Henry Geldzahler, then curator of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The latter in fact went to Warhol's studio and noticed how the Factory was full of works depicting Marilyn and commercial products such as Campbell's soups and Coca Cola. He then decided to advise the eccentric Pop Artist to use something different. Inspired by Hibiscus flowers, in Flowers, Andy Warhol for the first time turned nature into a protagonist, using an unusual style. The Pop Artist combines impressionist and abstract techniques to create unprecedented images, quite different from previous ones inspired by celebrities and consumerism. This portfolio of lithographs is numbered 1534/2400. The CMOA stamp is a guarantee for A. Warhol's multiples. CMOA stands for Carnegie Museum Of Art, a museum in Pittsburgh, A. Warhol's hometown, to which the artist donated 60 of his subjects, granting the possibility of producing multiples (of each 60 x 60 subject such as Mao Tse Tung, Flowers and Marilyn Monroe) in a limited edition of 2400 pcs. For this reason, the availability of such lithographs begins to be difficult, in fact these numbered subjects are in demand all over the world. The collection we have for sale consists of 3 pieces, with identical numbering, 1534/2400. The reason for the equal numbering is that these 3 lithographs are part of folder number 1534. The frame is made of black lacquered wood about 2.5 cm thick with a round cross-section. To create Flowers, Warhol used a cover photo taken of Hibiscus Flowers from Modern Photograpgy magazine. Of course, this photo only served him as a cue. In fact, to make Flowers, Warhol made a large number of graphic changes to the image that made the original flowers unrecognisable. The cover shot had been taken by Patricia Caulfield, who claimed the right to the photo and demanded compensation from Warhol, who was forced by the court to give her two of his works, as well as a percentage of future earnings. Frame L. 69.5 cm x H. 69.5 cm; lithograph 65 x 65 cm.
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SILVER Seller in Modena, Italy
