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Andy Warhol Self-Portrait

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Object Details

Artist

Andy Warhol, 6 Aug 1928 - 22 Feb 1987

Sitter

Andy Warhol, 6 Aug 1928 - 22 Feb 1987

Exhibition Label

Created for Andy Warhol’s 1966 exhibition at Leo Castelli Gallery, where he spoke of his (supposed) retirement from painting, this self-portrait—an offset lithograph based on a photograph by an unknown maker—pictures the artist with his face deeply in shadow. The print’s mechanical appearance and manufacture further disguises evidence of the artist. Warhol has even relegated his signature to the back of the work, rendering it invisible to most viewers. Implicit in the metallic silver background, which recalls Warhol’s famous pronouncement, "I want to be a machine," are references to his studio, known as the Factory; the cinema, appropriate given Warhol’s experimentation with filmmaking; and religious icons, as Warhol had recently been dubbed "Saint Andrew" in the press.
Este autorretrato fue creado por Warhol para su exposición de 1966 en la Leo Castelli Gallery, donde habló de su (supuesto) retiro de la pintura. Se trata de una litografía en offset, basada en una foto de autor desconocido, que presenta el rostro del artista sumido en las sombras. La factura mecánica y su consiguiente efecto contribuyen aún más a camuflar las huellas del artista, quien incluso relegó su firma al reverso de la obra, de modo que resulta invisible para la mayoría de los espectadores. En el fondo de tono plateado metálico que recuerda la famosa declaración de Warhol "quiero ser una máquina", hay implícitas diversas referencias: a su estudio, conocido como "The Factory", también al cine, medio con el cual experimentó, y a íconos religiosos, dado que por ese tiempo alguien lo había llamado "Saint Andrew" en la prensa.

Credit Line

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; the Ruth Bowman and Harry Kahn Twentieth-Century American Self-Portrait Collection

Date

1966

Object number

NPG.2002.357

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Copyright

© The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. / Licensed by Artists Rights Society
(ARS), New York

Type

Print

Medium

Offset lithograph on silver-coated posterboard

Dimensions

Sheet: 58 x 57.7cm (22 13/16 x 22 11/16")
Mat: 86.4 x 86.4cm (34 x 34")

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National Portrait Gallery Collection

Location

Currently not on view

Data Source

National Portrait Gallery

Topic

Poster
Self-portrait
Andy Warhol: Arts and Culture\Visual Arts\Artist
Andy Warhol: Male
Andy Warhol: Arts and Culture\Visual Arts\Artist\Printmaker
Andy Warhol: Arts and Culture\Journalism and Media\Magazine publisher
Andy Warhol: Arts and Culture\Visual Arts\Artist\Painter
Andy Warhol: Arts and Culture\Visual Arts\Artist\Illustrator
Andy Warhol: Arts and Culture\Performing Arts\Film\Filmmaker
Portrait

Metadata Usage

Usage conditions apply

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm48266a740-5486-4281-9532-1d4cd8b1d70a

Record ID

npg_NPG.2002.357

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