Andy Warhol Flash (F & S II.41) For Sale

  • Andy Warhol Flash (F & S II.41), Facts | History | Meaning

    Andy Warhol Flash (F & S II.41)

    Facts | History | Meaning
    Catalogue Title Flash﹣November 22, 1963 (FS II.41)
    Year 1968
    Size 21″ x 21″ 53,3 x 53,3 cm
    Medium Portfolio of eleven screenprints, colophon, and Teletype text on paper. The prints, wrapped with the screenprint cover, are in a plexiglass box.
    Edition Edition of 200, 26 numbered in Roman numerals; 10 lettered A-J have three additional screenprints, each of which is a composite of images from II.33 and II.38. (See II.43A-43C.) Each print, housed in a folder with a page of Teletype text, is signed in ball-point pen on verso; the colophon is signed and numbered in ball-point pen.
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  • Flash (F & S II.40)

    "This portfolio acts as a testament to Warhol’s uncanny ability to wryly commentate on current affairs, and to capture the zeitgeist of the 1960s..."

    Andy Warhol’s Flash portfolio was published in 1968, five years after the events it depicts took place. Within this portfolio, Warhol explores the media frenzy within the aftermath of President JFK’s assassination. The portfolio is made up of eleven screenprints, juxtaposing a range of images of JFK himself, the assassin, to news clippings of the tragedy. The title of the series is a reference to the ‘news-flash’, the never-ending flashing of violent images within the media, creating a nation that slowly becomes desensitised to such tragedy. It is exactly this sensationalisation of death and tragedy that Warhol aims to critique through this series.

    This screenprint holds a sombre and haunting tone, as the late president is outlined in a fluorescent purple, set against a deep black background. The moody, dark colours contrast with the usual bold and bright Pop Art palette Warhol tends to harness. Instead, there is a sense of memorialisation and respect for the late president within this print. However, Warhol’s reaction to the assassination differed somewhat from the general public, as he saw the media’s fascination and reportage of the event the most tragic and ominous part. “I don’t think I missed a stroke,” Andy Warhol said. “I wanted to know what was going on out there, but that was the extent of my reaction…What bothered me was the way the television and radio were programming everybody to feel so sad.”

    This portfolio acts as a testament to Warhol’s uncanny ability to wryly commentate on current affairs, and to capture the zeitgeist of the 1960s. Warhol’s innovative screen-printing technique allowed him to add nuances in colour, and to lay a dichotomy of subject matter over one another. This technique allowed Warhol to mass print his art, in a similar way to the never-ending churn of the newspaper printers.

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