Paloma Picasso (F. & S. II.121)
Paloma Picasso (F. & S. II.121)
Signed Print
Andy Warhol
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105 x 70cm, Edition of 90, Screenprint
Medium: Screenprint
Edition size: 90
Year: 1975
Size: H 105cm x W 70cm
Signed: Yes
Format: Signed Print
Last Auction: May 2025
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Meaning & Analysis
Paloma Picasso is a signed screen print on Arches Paper produced by the iconic Pop Artist Andy Warhol in 1975. The print comes in an edition size of 90 and shows Pablo Picasso’s daughter, Paloma Picasso. Paloma is rendered in black and white, however the artist adds three colourful blocks that obscure the woman’s right eye. These blocks of solid colour contrast with the black and white shading that dominates the rest of the composition. By blocking the sitter’s right eye, Warhol draws attention towards her left and exposed eye, which stares out at the viewer of the print and demands their attention.
Like her father, Paloma Picasso was a creative individual and rose to fame as a fashion designer and businesswoman. Paloma was a close friend of Warhol’s and often partied with the artist who adored celebrity culture, fame and glamour. In Paloma Picasso, Warhol used acetates of his photograph for this screen print which demonstrates Warhol’s significant experimentation with the screen printing technique.
The print was published in a portfolio of artworks called America’s Homage à Picasso which featured works by eleven different artists. This was part of a wider project composed of six volumes and featuring 68 artists, all of whom published works in memory of the Spanish painter who died in 1973.
Andy Warhol was a leading figure of the Pop Art movement and is often considered the father of Pop Art. Born in 1928, Warhol allowed cultural references of the 20th century to drive his work. From the depiction of glamorous public figures, such as Marilyn Monroe, to the everyday Campbell’s Soup Can, the artist challenged what was considered art by blurring the boundaries between high art and mass consumerism. Warhol's preferred screen printing technique further reiterated his obsession with mass culture, enabling art to be seen as somewhat of a commodity through the reproduced images in multiple colour ways.
