Flowers (F. & S. II.64)
Flowers (F. & S. II.64)
Signed Print
Andy Warhol
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¥9,570,000-¥15,310,000 Value Indicator
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Medium: Screenprint
Edition size: 250
Year: 1970
Size: H 91cm x W 91cm
Signed: Yes
Format: Signed Print
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Auction Results
| Auction Date | Auction House | Location | Hammer Price | Return to Seller | Buyer Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2024 | Christie's Amsterdam | Netherlands | |||
| March 2024 | SBI Art Auction | Japan | |||
| October 2023 | SBI Art Auction | Japan | |||
| March 2023 | Christie's London | United Kingdom | |||
| March 2023 | Sotheby's New York | United States | |||
| October 2019 | Freeman's | United States | |||
| October 2018 | Sotheby's New York | United States |
Meaning & Analysis
Andy Warhol’s print Flowers (F. & S. II.64) from his iconic Flowers series (1970) is an iteration of the artist’s famous flower motif, showing four hibiscus flowers against a pattern of grass and undergrowth. Using vivid hues of blue, pink, purple and green, Warhol deliberately rotates and misaligns the screen print ink that overlays the original photographic image. In doing this Warhol reveals the screen printing process that comes with its own imperfections, proving that there is in fact originality in repetition.
Flowers (F. & S. II.64) has more of a painterly quality when compared to other prints in the series, due to the way Warhol has misaligned the ink from the image underneath. The abstract nature of the series comes to the fore with this print, as Warhol uses the screen print method to create blots and splashes of colour that float on the image surface, thus mocking grand and gestural marks of the Abstract Expressionists. Warhol combines the concept of the mass-produced with the idea of human error and spontaneity to put into question the ideals of this movement that preceded him.
Reminiscent of the traditional art historical genre of flower painting, in particular Impressionist works such as Claude Monet’s Waterlilies, Warhol chooses to turn art history on its head by reproducing a magazine image in a ‘machine-like’ manner. Consciously banal and synthetic, he rejects hierarchical compositions in favour of flattened perspective and abolishes complex colour harmonies for monochrome planes of flat colour and artificially bright ink.
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.
