| Author: | Thomas B. Hess, Kimiko Powers, Andy Warhol, Bob Monk, Henry Geldzahler, et al. |
| Publisher: | New York: Sotheby's |
| Release Date: | 2013 |
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| Seller Category: | Art |
| Qty Available: | 1 |
| Condition: | Used: Very Good |
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| Notes: [ART]. Thomas B. Hess, Kimiko Powers, Andy Warhol, Bob Monk, Henry Geldzahler, et al. "Andy Warhol: Flowers (Five Foot Flowers), Contemporary Art Evening Auction, Lot 21, New York, 13 November 2013." New York: Sotheby's, 2013. First edition. English language. Softcover with pictorial wrappers. Nonfiction auction catalog with texts about Warhol and full-color illustrations. 11 1/2 x 9 inches. 7 oz. 28 pp. Text clean. Near Fine. No ISBN. ASIN: B00JJQ82BK. "Sublimely composed of four perfectly pure, crisp white petals immaculately registered on a brilliant green and black ground, Andy Warhol’s 'Flowers (Five Foot Flowers)' of 1964 encapsulates the indisputably iconic profile of Pop Art. Previously selected by John and Kimiko Powers, the renowned collectors who were foremost among Warhol’s earliest patrons, to be held in their esteemed collection, this painting represents the very essence of the artistic movement to which this artist is so indelibly integral. During the half century since their creation, Warhol's 'Flower' paintings have pervaded our global consciousness as the totemic standard of classic American Pop; their imagery acting as a metaphor for a generation that changed not only artistic but also social and political topographies in a supremely transformative decade. Warhol’s production of 'Flower' paintings has become the stuff of legend: during the summer of 1964 he created canvases in square formats measuring 82, 48, and 24 inches respectively, intended for a show with his new dealer Leo Castelli opening in New York in November of that year. While the series proliferated in order to fill the walls of the gallery, in October he ordered a silkscreen mechanical for a 60 by 60 inch, or five-foot square format. With this screen he made only four canvases, the rarest and most limited corpus of the entire original series of 'Flowers' to which the present work belongs." |