WARHOL, ANDY
1928 Pittsburgh, PA/USA - 1987 New York
Title: African Elephant.
Subtitle: From: Endangered Species.
Date: 1983.
Technique: Colour silkscreen on Lenox museum card.
Depiction Size: 96,5 x 96,5cm.
Notation: Signed and numbered.
Publisher: Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, Inc., New York (publisher).
Number: 133/150.
The sheet bears the printer's blind stamp Rupert Jasen Smith, New York. The artist's copyright stamp is on the reverse.
Provenance:
- Galerie Heinz Holtmann, Cologne
- Private collection Hesse (since 1984)
Literature:
- Feldman, Frayda/Schellmann, Jörg: Andy Warhol - Prints, A Catalogue Raisonné 1962-1987, Milan 2003 (4th ed.), cat. rais. no. II.293, ill.
- One of the most sought-after motifs from the "Endangered Species" portfolio
- At the time, the portfolio was intended to draw attention to the destruction of animal habitats and is still highly relevant today
- The "African Elephant" creates an enormous presence in the room due to the way it is depicted
- Beautiful and intense colours.