Sex Parts (F. & S. II.177)
Sex Parts (F. & S. II.177)
Signed Print
Andy Warhol
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80 x 60cm, Edition of 30, Screenprint
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Sex Parts (F. & S. II.177) is a signed screen print by the renowned 20th century artist, Andy Warhol. The black and white print on HMP paper was created in 1978 and comes in an edition size of 30. The print shows two nude people engaged in an intimate sexual act. Warhol captures the person’s naked torso, however their face is cropped out of the image. A hand is seen coming from the top right of the composition. Warhol is capturing an anonymous figure giving someone a hand job.
Sex Parts (F. & S. II.177) is part of Warhol’s Sex Parts collection. Each print in the collection shows two figures engaged in sexual activity, often the figures are performing oral or anal sex.
As well as Warhol’s Sex Parts collection, the artist also produced various nudes earlier on in his artistic career in the 1950s. Warhol’s friend and collaborator, Vincent Fremont, explains that Warhol “always got people to take their clothes off” and seemed fascinated with the nude male form. Warhol’s nudes were never exhibited in public, arguably because Warhol was aware of how conservative the art world was and that these images would not be popular with museums or art collectors.
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.