Andy Warhol (After) "Triple Elvis Presley" Limited Edition (63/100) Signed in the print Off Set Lithograph
Numbered in pencil
Condition: Excellent, as new, never been framed
Print size: 15 1/4" wide x 22 5/8" high (38 x 56cm approx)
Image size: 13 3/4" wide x 16" high (35 x 41cm approx)
Printed on Arches paper
Embossed with the stamp of Georges Israel Editeur on the front and printed with the stamps of Leo Castelli, Art Gallery New York and Tree of Life on the reverse.
About the print:
Triple Elvis does not portray Elvis the hip-shaking musician but rather Elvis the actor playing a role in the 1960 movie Flaming Star, a liberal-themed Western. Triple Elvis features three black screen-printed images of the King, a bold, high-contrast figure is accompanied by its ghostly duplicates, collapsing Warhol’s strategy of serialization into a single frame, while also providing an eerie reminder that Presley was a twin, his brother being lost at birth.
About the artist:
Andy Warhol (born Andrew Warhola Jr.; 1928 –1987) was an American visual artist, film director and producer. A leading figure in the pop art movement, Warhol is considered one of the most important American artists of the second half of the 20th century. His works explore the relationship between artistic expression, advertising, and celebrity culture that flourished by the 1960s, and span a variety of media, including painting, silk-screening, photography, film, and sculpture.
Born and raised in Pittsburgh, Warhol initially pursued a successful career as a commercial illustrator in the 1950s. After exhibiting his work in art galleries, he began to receive recognition as an influential and controversial artist in the 1960s. His New York studio, The Factory, became a well-known gathering place that brought together distinguished intellectuals, drag queens, playwrights, Bohemian street people, Hollywood celebrities and wealthy patrons.