$2,950.00
Andy Warhol (After)
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? NO! It’s Andy Warhol’s homage to DC Comic’s Man of Steel. At eight years old, Warhol was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease which caused him to be bedridden for months. To cope with his illness and subsequent school-yard bullying, he escaped into the world of Clark Kent and Lois Lane. Warhol’s original screenprint image was created in 1981 as a part of his “Myths” series to pay tribute to his childhood hero. This archival print version features a double image of the mighty hero in blue and red diamond dust.
Archival Print on heavy-weight paper with diamond dust.
The print was created after Warhol’s death in 1987. This edition is an After Print and is NOT Signed or Numbered.
Size: 38″ x 38″
This work will be shipped unframed. The image showing a frame is for scale only.
Price: $2,950.00
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Learn More About Andy Warhol Andy Warhol was an American visual artist, film director, producer, and leading figure in the pop artmovement. His works explore the relationship between artistic expression, advertising, andcelebrity culturethat flourished by the 1960s, and span a variety of media, including painting,silkscreening, photography, film, and sculpture. Some of his best-known works include the silkscreen paintingsCampbell’s Soup Cans(1962) andMarilyn Diptych(1962), the experimental filmsEmpire(1964) andChelsea Girls(1966), and the multimedia events known as theExploding Plastic Inevitable(1966–67). Born and raised inPittsburgh, Warhol initially pursued a successful career as acommercial illustrator. After exhibiting his work in severalgalleriesin the late 1950s, he began to receive recognition as an influential and controversial artist. His New York studio,The Factory, became a well-known gathering place that brought together distinguished intellectuals,drag queens, playwrights,Bohemianstreet people,Hollywoodcelebrities, and wealthy patrons.[2][3][4]He promoted a collection of personalities known asWarhol superstars, and is credited with inspiring the widely used expression “15 minutes of fame“. In the late 1960s, he managed and produced theexperimental rockbandThe Velvet Undergroundand foundedInterviewmagazine. He authored numerous books, includingThe Philosophy of Andy WarholandPopism: The Warhol Sixties. He lived openly as a gay man before thegay liberation movement. In June 1968, he was almost killed byradical feministValerie Solanas, who shot him inside his studio.[5]Aftergallbladdersurgery, Warhol died ofcardiac arrhythmiain February 1987 at the age of 58 in New York City. Warhol has been the subject of numerousretrospectiveexhibitions, books, andfeatureand documentary films.The Andy Warhol Museumin his native city of Pittsburgh, which holds an extensive permanent collection of art and archives, is the largest museum in the United States dedicated to a single artist. Warhol has been described as the “bellwetherof the art market”.[6]Many of his creations are very collectible and highly valuable. His works include some of themost expensive paintings ever sold.[7]In 2013, a 1963serigraphtitledSilver Car Crash (Double Disaster)sold for $105 million. In 2022,Shot Sage Blue Marilyn(1964) sold for $195 million, which is the most expensive work of art sold at auction by an American artist.Andy Warhol (August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987)
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SKU: Warhol06: SupermanCategory: MasterworksTags: art on paper, figure art, Pop Art, superhero
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Andy Warhol (After)
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? NO! It’s Andy Warhol’s homage to DC Comic’s Man of Steel. At eight years old, Warhol was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease which caused him to be bedridden for months. To cope with his illness and subsequent school-yard bullying, he escaped into the world of Clark Kent and Lois Lane. Warhol’s original screenprint image was created in 1981 as a part of his “Myths” series to pay tribute to his childhood hero. This archival print version features a double image of the mighty hero in blue and red diamond dust.
Archival Print on heavy-weight paper with diamond dust.
The print was created after Warhol’s death in 1987. This edition is an After Print and is NOT Signed or Numbered.
Size: 38″ x 38″
This work will be shipped unframed. The image showing a frame is for scale only.
Price: $2,950.00
Free Domestic Shipping
Please contact the gallery for international shipping rates.
Learn More About Andy Warhol Andy Warhol was an American visual artist, film director, producer, and leading figure in the pop artmovement. His works explore the relationship between artistic expression, advertising, andcelebrity culturethat flourished by the 1960s, and span a variety of media, including painting,silkscreening, photography, film, and sculpture. Some of his best-known works include the silkscreen paintingsCampbell’s Soup Cans(1962) andMarilyn Diptych(1962), the experimental filmsEmpire(1964) andChelsea Girls(1966), and the multimedia events known as theExploding Plastic Inevitable(1966–67). Born and raised inPittsburgh, Warhol initially pursued a successful career as acommercial illustrator. After exhibiting his work in severalgalleriesin the late 1950s, he began to receive recognition as an influential and controversial artist. His New York studio,The Factory, became a well-known gathering place that brought together distinguished intellectuals,drag queens, playwrights,Bohemianstreet people,Hollywoodcelebrities, and wealthy patrons.[2][3][4]He promoted a collection of personalities known asWarhol superstars, and is credited with inspiring the widely used expression “15 minutes of fame“. In the late 1960s, he managed and produced theexperimental rockbandThe Velvet Undergroundand foundedInterviewmagazine. He authored numerous books, includingThe Philosophy of Andy WarholandPopism: The Warhol Sixties. He lived openly as a gay man before thegay liberation movement. In June 1968, he was almost killed byradical feministValerie Solanas, who shot him inside his studio.[5]Aftergallbladdersurgery, Warhol died ofcardiac arrhythmiain February 1987 at the age of 58 in New York City. Warhol has been the subject of numerousretrospectiveexhibitions, books, andfeatureand documentary films.The Andy Warhol Museumin his native city of Pittsburgh, which holds an extensive permanent collection of art and archives, is the largest museum in the United States dedicated to a single artist. Warhol has been described as the “bellwetherof the art market”.[6]Many of his creations are very collectible and highly valuable. His works include some of themost expensive paintings ever sold.[7]In 2013, a 1963serigraphtitledSilver Car Crash (Double Disaster)sold for $105 million. In 2022,Shot Sage Blue Marilyn(1964) sold for $195 million, which is the most expensive work of art sold at auction by an American artist. < Back to Full CollectionAndy Warhol (August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987)
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