Object Details
Artist
Andy Warhol, 6 Aug 1928 - 22 Feb 1987
Printer
Aetna Silkscreen Products, Inc.
Publisher
Racolin Press, Inc.
Sitter
John Fitzgerald Kennedy, 29 May 1917 - 22 Nov 1963
Exhibition Label
Born Brookline, Massachusetts
Like each of the eleven artworks in Andy Warhol’s Flash portfolio, this print is a commentary on the media’s coverage of John F. Kennedy’s assassination. Here, multiple portraits of Kennedy are woven together and framed by a clapperboard used to signal the end of a movie or television scene.
Often associated with movie making, the clapperboard may be a nod to the famous twenty-six-second-long Zapruder film. Named for Abraham Zapruder, who captured the footage on his eight-millimeter Bell & Howell camera, the film is the most recognized, and scrutinized, recording of Kennedy’s assassination.
Nacido en Brookline, Massachusetts
Las 11 obras del porfolio Flash de Andy Warhol, incluida esta, son comentarios sobre la cobertura mediática del asesinato de John F. Kennedy. Aquí se entremezclan varios retratos de Kennedy enmarcados por una claqueta de las que se usan para indicar el fin de una escena en la televisión o el cine.
Este objeto que tanto se asocia con el cine podría ser aquí una alusión a la famosa película de 26 segundos que tomó Abraham Zapruder con su cámara Bell & Howell de 8 mm. Dicha película es la grabación más reconocida —y examinada— del asesinato de Kennedy.
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Date
1968
Object number
NPG.95.174.10
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Copyright
© Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts / ARS, New York
Type
Print
Medium
Color screenprint on paper
Dimensions
Image/Sheet: 53.3cm x 53.3 cm (21" x 21")
Place
United States\New York\Kings\New York
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National Portrait Gallery Collection
Location
Currently not on view
Data Source
National Portrait Gallery
Topic
John Fitzgerald Kennedy: Male
John Fitzgerald Kennedy: Arts and Culture\Literature\Writer
John Fitzgerald Kennedy: Politics and Government\Government official\US Congressman\Massachusetts
John Fitzgerald Kennedy: Military and Intelligence\Navy\Officer
John Fitzgerald Kennedy: Politics and Government\Government official\President of US
John Fitzgerald Kennedy: Politics and Government\Government official\US Senator\Massachusetts
John Fitzgerald Kennedy: Literary awards\Pulitzer Prize
John Fitzgerald Kennedy: Civilian awards\Presidential Medal of Freedom
John Fitzgerald Kennedy: Military award\Purple Heart
Portrait
Link to Original Record
Record ID
npg_NPG.95.174.10