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During
the 1960s, Andy Warhol began his history
making creative exploration of everyday objects such as his
images of Brillo Boxes, Tomato Juice Boxes, Cows, Flowers,
Campbell's Soup Cans, along with celebrity portraits of iconic
personalities such as Marilyn Monroe and
Elizabeth Taylor.
This
1981 Andy Warhol Marilyn Monroe
Screenprint is better known as the "Marilyn
Monroe Castelli Graphic Invitation", a
Miniature version of Andy Warhol's most famous
Pink Marilyn Monroe image, F&S II. 31, known Internationally
as the quintessential pop icon for both the Artist and the
entire Pop Art movement.
In
1981, Andy Warhol had a Print Retrospective
Exhibition at the Leo Castelli Gallery, New York, the Legendary
Gallery that represented Andy Warhol, along
with other important Pop Artists such as Jasper Johns, Robert
Rauschenberg, Frank Stella, etc.
The
1981 Andy Warhol Castelli Invitation Screenprint
we are offering is in superb condition, the colors fresh,
the margins full and without defects. Importantly, the Andy
Warhol Marilyn Monroe Castelli Graphic Invitation
Screenprint is boldly signed with a distinctive Andy
Warhol signature on the front in black felt pen.
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Andy
Warhol
Marilyn Monroe Castelli Graphics Invitation,
1981
Color Silkscreen on paper
7 x 14 inches
7 x 7 inches, folded as intended
Boldly Signed "Andy Warhol" in felt tip pen on the
recto
Conceived in 1967 and printed in an Edition of approximately
250 as an announcement for the exhibition Andy Warhol:
A Print Retrospective 1963-1981 (November 21 - December
22, 1981) at Castelli Graphics, New York.
Literature
Frayda
Feldman and Jorg Schellmann, Andy Warhol Prints:
A Catalogue Raisonne: 1962-1987, Fourth Edition,
D.A.P., New York, 2003, Miniature version of the Andy
Warhol Pink Marilyn Monroe Screenprint F&S II. 31,
another impression reproduced in color on page 69.
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