Ladies And Gentlemen (F. & S. II.133)
Ladies And Gentlemen (F. & S. II.133)
Signed Print
Andy Warhol
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$10,500-$16,000 Value Indicator
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¥970,000-¥1,450,000 Value Indicator
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Medium: Screenprint
Edition size: 125
Year: 1975
Size: H 110cm x W 72cm
Signed: Yes
Format: Signed Print
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Auction Results
| Auction Date | Auction House | Location | Hammer Price | Return to Seller | Buyer Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2025 | Phillips New York | United States | |||
| November 2024 | Uppsala Auktionskammare | Sweden | |||
| October 2024 | Lama | United States | |||
| May 2024 | Bonhams Cornette de Saint Cyr | France | |||
| December 2023 | Cambi Auction House, Milan | Italy | |||
| November 2023 | Il Ponte Auction House, Via Pontaccio | Italy | |||
| November 2023 | Il Ponte Auction House, Via Pontaccio | Italy |
Meaning & Analysis
Andy Warhol’s print Ladies & Gentlemen (F. & S. II.133) from the Ladies & Gentlemen series (1975) is an abstract portrait of the late Marsha P. Johnson, a key figure in the Stonewall Uprising and transgender activist. The print series remains controversial as it depicts a community that Warhol was not part of, with the subjects having very little agency in how they were portrayed and where the works would be displayed. Indeed, in an interview from 1979, Johnson pointed to the absurdity of her portrait being on sale for thousands of dollars, whilst she struggled to pay rent.
Ladies & Gentlemen (F. & S. II.133) shows Johnson smiling, as though laughing, with her head turned to the side. This print is characteristic of the joyous nature of the series, further emphasised by the expressive blocks of colour that overlay the screen print. In this portrait Johnson wears a large wig but doesn’t appear overly glamorised like some other prints in the series, making clear the sitters’ gender non-conformity.
Warhol was commissioned by the Italian art dealer Luciano Anselmino to create the series in 1975, paying $900,000 for 105 canvases, arguably the artist’s largest undertaking. It was Luciano who came up with the theatrical title of the Ladies & Gentlemen series, implying that he was concerned with the dramatisation of gender, rather than the lived experiences of the sitters, many of whom were very poor and faced extreme prejudice in their daily lives.
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.
