Andy Warhol Flash (F & S II.33) For Sale

  • Andy Warhol Flash (F & S II.33), Facts | History | Meaning

    Andy Warhol Flash (F & S II.33)

    Facts | History | Meaning
    Catalogue Title Flash﹣November 22, 1963 (FS II.33)
    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.33)

    “A symbol that was previously associated with democracy and world dominance has become blurred and faded...”

    This is a screenprint from Andy Warhol’s 1963 portfolio Flash. The portfolio depicts the media frenzy after the assassination of President John F Kennedy in the same year, whilst simultaneously immortalising the charming president forever.

    This print depicts a closeup of an image of the Presidential Seal. This symbol quickly became familiar to the masses of the American people, and those tuning in across the world, as the Seal would ‘flash’ on the television screen when announcements and news reports on the assassination would be broadcasted. This image stands out from the rest of the portfolio, as it is one of few from the series that does not feature the late JFK or his wife, Jackie Kennedy. The colours used are grayscale and muted, which contrast strongly with the rest of Warhol’s oeuvre, for example his depictions of Marilyn Monroe after her death. There is a strong sense of consideration and a certain affection towards the president. The seal is not outlined and defined with strong and graphic bold lines either, instead the Presidential Seal almost morphs into the background, creating a subdued and sombre image. A symbol that was previously associated with democracy and world dominance has become blurred and faded, perhaps hinting at the uninspired relationship the public had towards politics in the immediate aftermath of the assassination.

    Warhol continued to explore more subdued and darker subject matters during this period, in his Death and Disaster series. Warhol explored the way that constant ‘flashes’ of disturbing and violent images throughout the news cycles resulted in an audience that became desensitised to such images, to the point where images of JFKs assignation became normalised, as part of popular culture. Perhaps Warhol is alluding to the way in which images we see in a constant cycle within the media shape a collective emotion for the late president, rather than an individual and personal response.

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