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Andy Warhol's rare 1966 limited edition lithograph of Marlon Brando from his 1953 Wild One film.
Artist: Andy Warhol
Title: Marlon Brando in the Wild One
Year created: 1966
Medium: Premium Archival Matte Lithograph
Edition: Limited Edition Artist Proof Lithograph
Height (inches): 10
Width (inches): 9
Depth (inches): 1
Includes a certificate of authenticity
This piece is not signed by the artist
Description of piece:
Andy Warhol's very rare 1966 limited Edition lithograph of Marlon Brando from The Wild One film shot in 1953. This gold tinted lithograph also comes with a limited edition 8" x 11" black/white print of Marlon Brando in the 1953 The Wild One film in a glassed black frame.
Artist bio:
When he graduated from college with his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1949, Warhol moved to New York City to pursue a career as a commercial artist. It was also at this time that he dropped the "a" at the end of his last name to become Andy Warhol. He landed a job with Glamour magazine in September, and went on to become one of the most successful commercial artists of the 1950s. He won frequent awards for his uniquely whimsical style, using his own blotted line technique and rubber stamps to create his drawings.
In the late 1950s, Warhol began devoting more attention to painting, and in 1961, he debuted the concept of "pop art"—paintings that focused on mass-produced commercial goods. In 1962, he exhibited the now-iconic paintings of Campbell's soup cans. These small canvas works of everyday consumer products created a major stir in the art world, bringing both Warhol and pop art into the national spotlight for the first time. British artist Richard Hamilton described pop art as "popular, transient, expendable, low cost, mass-produced, young, witty, sexy, gimmicky, glamorous, big business." As Warhol himself put it, "Once you 'got' pop, you could never see a sign the same way again. And once you thought pop, you could never see America the same way again."
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