Ladies And Gentlemen (F. & S. II.134)
Ladies And Gentlemen (F. & S. II.134)
Signed Print
Andy Warhol
£4,550-£7,000Value Indicator
$9,500-$14,500 Value Indicator
$8,500-$13,000 Value Indicator
¥45,000-¥70,000 Value Indicator
€5,500-€8,000 Value Indicator
$45,000-$70,000 Value Indicator
¥870,000-¥1,340,000 Value Indicator
$6,000-$9,500 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 | Il Ponte Auction House, Via Pontaccio | Italy | |||
| October 2024 | Lama | United States | |||
| June 2024 | Dorotheum, Vienna | Austria | |||
| May 2024 | Cottone Auctions | United States | |||
| December 2023 | Cambi Auction House, Milan | Italy | |||
| June 2019 | Il Ponte Auction House, Via Pontaccio | Italy |
Meaning & Analysis
Ladies & Gentlemen (F. & S. II.134) is a print from one of Andy Warhol’s lesser-known works the Ladies & Gentlemen series (1975), that depicts 14 anonymous Black and Latinx drag queens and transwomen in his renowned graphic style. This particular portrait shows a woman looking elegantly up to the viewer with her hand behind her neck, exuding glamour and femininity.
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, one of Warhol’s sitters, Marsha P. Johnson, pointed to the absurdity of her portrait being on sale for thousands of dollars, whilst she struggled to pay rent.
To create the series Warhol recruited models from Manhattan’s Gilded Grape bar, a popular space where New York’s Black and Latinx trans women and drag queens came to spend time with one another. Warhol then took over 500 Polaroids of 14 sitters, paying each of them only $50. This print shows the original Polaroid image to be flattened and simplified into two tones, with blocks of pink and brown seemingly collaged on top of the screen print. The layers of colour abstract the image into a 1980s Pop Art icon, reminiscent of portraits of Marilyn Monroe and Elizabeth Taylor.
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.
