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Shadows II (F. & S. II.214) - Signed Print by Andy Warhol 1979 - MyArtBroker

Shadows II (F. & S. II.214)
Signed Print

Andy Warhol

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Medium: Screenprint

Edition size: 10

Year: 1979

Size: H 109cm x W 76cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

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Auction Results

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May 2017Sotheby's Online United Kingdom

Meaning & Analysis

Shadows II (F. & S. II.214) is one of six screen prints in Warhol’s Shadows II portfolio. The portfolio is part of a wider project, the Shadows project, which developed out of a collection of 102 paintings Warhol made in 1978, all of which derived from the shadowy patterns from Warhol’s lamp. The artist was fascinated by the interaction between light and darkness and the abstract shapes that resulted  from this ever-changing relationship.

The Shadows II portfolio was published in collaboration with Warhol’s good friend and talented printer, Rupert Jasen Smith. The series of paintings were also exhibited in the Heiner Friedrich gallery in New York City where the artist resided. Made in the last decade of Warhol’s artistic career, this collection of artworks marks a turning point in the artist’s life in which he started experimenting with abstraction and moving away from his classical Pop Art style.

  • 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.

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