Andy Warhol Details of Renaissance Paintings (Leonardo Da Vinci, The Annunciation, 1472) (F & S II.320) For Sale

  • Andy Warhol Details of Renaissance Paintings (Leonardo Da Vinci, The Annunciation, 1472) (F & S II.320), Facts | History |...

    Andy Warhol Details of Renaissance Paintings (Leonardo Da Vinci, The Annunciation, 1472) (F & S II.320)

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    Catalogue Title Details of Renaissance Paintings (Leonardo Da Vinci, The Annunciation, 1472) (F & S II.320)
    Year 1984
    Size 32 x 44" 81.3 x 111.8cm 
    Medium Screenprint on Arches Aquarelle (Cold pressed) paper
    Edition

    Edition of 60, 15 AP, 5 PP, 4 HC, signed and numbered in pencil lower left.

  • Details of Renaissance Paintings (Leonardo Da Vinci, The Annunciation, 1472) (F & S II.320)

    "This print exemplifies how Warhol continuously blurred the boundaries between what was considered "high" art and the mass-produced imagery of his time."

    Andy Warhol's Leonardo Da Vinci, The Annunciation, 1472 is part of his Details of Renaissance Paintings series, created in 1984. Warhol’s choice to focus on Leonardo da Vinci’s The Annunciation—a work steeped in religious significance and Renaissance ideals—shows the artist’s intent to connect the reverence of classical art with the contemporary world’s obsession with fame and replication. This print exemplifies how Warhol continuously blurred the boundaries between what was considered "high" art and the mass-produced imagery of his time.

    In the print, Warhol has stripped away and cropped the most overtly divine elements of da Vinci's monumental painting, elevating the simple gesture of the hands—now detached from their angelic figure—to a central focus. By isolating details from da Vinci's The Annunciation, Warhol appropriates a sacred image, stripping it from its original religious context and inserting it into the secular, commercial world of Pop Art. This act questions the role and value of original artworks in an age of mechanical reproduction. Furthermore, by focusing on specific details of The Annunciation, Warhol fragments the overall narrative of the original painting. In doing so, he compels viewers to engage with these isolated parts without the guiding context of the full scene. This fragmentation can be seen as a metaphor for the way modern society consumes information—often in disjointed, decontextualised bits.

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