After The Party (F. & S. II.183)
After The Party (F. & S. II.183)
Signed Print
Andy Warhol
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55 x 77cm, Edition of 1000, Screenprint
Medium: Screenprint
Edition size: 1000
Year: 1979
Size: H 55cm x W 77cm
Signed: Yes
Format: Signed Print
Last Auction: May 2025
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Meaning & Analysis
Printed in 1979, After The Party (F. & S. II.183) is a screen print by Andy Warhol that captures the aftermath of a seemingly wild and raucous party. A sense of gluttony and hedonism emerges from the haphazard arrangement of empty glasses, bottles and ashtrays that make up this print’s composition. The print is rendered in monochromatic black and white with vivid tints of red, yellow and blue outlining the various objects that are spread across the table.
This print on Arches 88 paper, along with the others in the After The Party series have the overall appearance of a series of exposure photographs. Each print from the series, however, has a unique colourful addition delineating the objects within the print’s composition, meaning no two prints are entirely alike. The loose, colourful outlines seem to allude to the hazy and disorientating effects of the alcohol and drugs that would have been consumed at one of these parties in the 1970s. While the chaotic array of colourful objects evokes a sense of prosperity and excess, the black and white backdrop hints to the dark side hiding behind the apparent glamour.
Warhol’s After The Party series was printed and published in 1979, a time in which his famous studio, The Factory, was at its peak, doubling as New York’s hottest and most exclusive party spot. This print alludes to the celebrity parties Warhol hosted at his studio which the artists admits to using in order to study the lives of the rich and famous.
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.
