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Artist: Andy Warhol
Title: Portrait of Daryl Lillie
Year created: 1979
Medium: Premium Archival Matte Art Paper
Edition: 85 of 200
Height (inches): 7
Width (inches): 7
This piece is unframed.
Includes a certificate of authenticity.
Description of piece: From 1970 to 1987 Andy Warhol took thousands of Polaroid pictures, the vast
majority of which were never seen by the public. These images often served as the basis for his commissioned portraits, silkscreen paintings, drawings, and prints. Warhol captured a wide range of individuals with his Polaroid Big Shot camera. The royalty, rock stars, industrialists, artists, patrons of the arts, and athletes who epitomized 1970s and 1980s high society, as well as unknown sitters, are repre- sented with a sense of dignity and verve. Warhol was interested in a new definition of ”Society” that emerged in this period. Daryl Lillie was a friend and fellow socialite who captured his interest of wanting her in his lithograph collection.In 1979 the Whitney Museum in New York City held the now famous exhibition “Andy Warhol: Portraits of the 70s”. A limited edition work of these lithographs was published in a worldwide edition of just 200 copies.
Each limited edition plate measures approximately 8” by 8” with an image size of 7” by 7”. This plate is from edition #85/200.
Artist bio: And Warhol was an American artist who was a leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art. His works explore the relationship between artistic expression, celebrity culture, and advertisement that flourished by the 1960s. After a successful career as a commercial illustrator, Warhol became a renowned and sometimes controversial artist. The Andy Warhol Museum in his native city, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, holds an extensive permanent collection of art and archives. It is the largest museum in the United States dedicated to a single artist.
In 1979 the Whitney Museum in New York City held the now famous exhibition “Andy Warhol: Portraits of the 70s”.
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