Andy Warhol Flash (F & S II.40) For Sale

  • Andy Warhol Flash for Sale

    Andy Warhol Flash (F & S II.40)

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    Catalogue Title Flash﹣November 22, 1963 (FS II.40)
    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 screenprint explores Warhol’s fascination with the media’s intersection between celebrity and tragedy...”

    The entire world was brought to silence on November 22nd, 1963, as President John F Kennedy was assassinated in front of masses of crowds during a presidential parade. However, the media circus that quickly ensued dominated any mournful silence, resulting in a frenzy of flashing disturbing images across constant news cycles as they reported on the event. Andy Warhol watched this frenzy from afar, fascinated with the public’s hunger of the violent event, absorbing the media from his television like the rest of the country. ‘It seemed like no matter how hard you tried, you couldn’t get away from the thing’ he commented. This fascination with the media’s sensationalization of tragedy resulted in the Flash portfolio, which was published five years after the assassination took place, changing the American political landscape forever.

    President Kennedy’s charm and celebrity status akin to that of other Warhol muses, such as Marilyn Monroe or Grace Kelly, is exemplified within this screenprint. The face of JFK is partially obscured by a clapperboard, an item closely associated with Hollywood stars. The media undoubtedly elevated JFK to the realms of celebrity: he was charming, handsome, and mysterious. Kennedy’s profile is layered with that of Lee Harvey Oswald, his assassin, and the presidential seal. This screenprint explores Warhol’s fascination with the media’s intersection between celebrity and tragedy, and the ways in which celebrity status is often skyrocketed after death.  

    This portfolio acts as a cultural artifact of the aftermath of President JFK’s assassination in 1963, one of the most defining events of the late 20th century. Warhol continued t explore darer themes of tragedy and death in his wider Death and Disaster series, focusing on further violent and disturbing images appearing within the media.

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