Flowers (F. & S. II.119)
Flowers (F. & S. II.119)
Signed Print
Andy Warhol
£7,000-£10,500Value Indicator
$14,500-$22,000 Value Indicator
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¥1,390,000-¥2,090,000 Value Indicator
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102 x 69cm, Edition of 250, Screenprint
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Meaning & Analysis
Taken from Andy Warhol’s Flowers (Hand-Coloured) series from 1974, Flowers (F. & S. II.119) is one of the artists more unusual prints in its delicate, hand-drawn style. Using wallpaper samples and the book Interpretative Flower Designs by Mrs Raymond Rus Stolz as his source material, Warhol used an opaque projector to copy from these images and create the series. Every print in the series is unique in that they were each coloured by a studio assistant with Dr. Martin’s aniline watercolour dyes.
By combining his use of traditional screen printing with the technique of hand-dying and crayon-like lines, Warhol amalgamates the concept of the mass-produced with the originality of a hand-rendered piece. Flowers (F. & S. II.119) shows a line drawing of a vase and flowers against a plain backdrop, with added colour in muted yellow tones.
Warhol continuously returned to the subject of flowers in his career, reinterpreting the traditional art historical genre in a multitude of ways. This particular rendering is reminiscent of 19th century Japanese woodblock prints and accentuates Warhol’s unrivalled skill in the simplification of form. The resulting image is illustrative in style with a clear focus on composition, colour and line, noted for its organic form.
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.
