Flash November 22 (F. & S. II.36)
Flash November 22 (F. & S. II.36)
Signed Print
Andy Warhol
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Medium: Screenprint
Edition size: 200
Year: 1968
Size: H 56cm x W 56cm
Signed: Yes
Format: Signed Print
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Auction Results
| Auction Date | Auction House | Location | Hammer Price | Return to Seller | Buyer Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2024 | Artcurial | France | |||
| November 2024 | Boetto Auction House | Italy | |||
| March 2023 | De Vuyst | Belgium | |||
| April 2021 | Wright | United States | |||
| March 2020 | Forum Auctions London | United Kingdom | |||
| October 2018 | Wright | United States | |||
| March 2018 | Forum Auctions London | United Kingdom |
Meaning & Analysis
Andy Warhol’s print Flash-November 22 (F. & S. II. 36) from his Flash-November 22, 1963series (1968) shows an image of Lee Harvey Oswald, the American sniper who assassinated President Kennedy. The print’s title stems from the phrase ‘news-flash’, alluding to a piece of highly important news in the mass-media. Warhol returned again and again to the events of Kennedy’s assassination in 1963 and its related images, notably his Jackie Kennedy prints (1965), with this portfolio being his last iteration of the subject.
Based on campaign posters, mass media photos and advertisement, the Flash-November 22, 1963 Series elevates and appropriates news items into the realm of high art, so to question the value of art in comparison to this widely disseminated imagery. Warhol uses his renowned screen printing method to deliberately flatten and colour the original photograph in bright pink.
Mimicking the mass-produced and widely circulated image of Kennedy’s assassination in the news-media through the screen printing method, Warhol explores how the public has become desensitised to themes of death and tragedy with the proliferation of mass-news images. Each of the prints are supplemented by Teletype reports written by Philip Greer, providing a media narrative to the images that constructs our understanding of the event. Warhol makes it clear that mass-media coverage can detrimentally shape public opinion to the extent that it eclipses individual comprehension of such grave instances.
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.
