Dirusso, Hollywood
n.d.
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gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 22.5 × 15.5 cm (8 7/8 × 6 1/8 in.) sheet: 25.3 × 20.3 cm (9 15/16 × 8 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Corcoran Collection (Gift of the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc.)
Accession Number
2016.22.186
Art Historical Context
Andy Warhol's *Dirusso, Hollywood* (n.d.) is a gelatin silver print, a black-and-white photographic medium captures sharp contrasts and tonal depth through silver halide crystals embedded in gelatin emulsion. Measuring 22.5 × 15.5 cm, this intimate image exemplifies Warhol's fascination with celebrity and mass media, evoking the glamour of Hollywood during his prolific career. As a cornerstone of Pop Art, Warhol revolutionized the art world by elevating everyday imagery and commercial photography to fine art status. Though best known for vibrant silkscreen paintings of icons like Marilyn Monr...
About the Artist
Andy Warhol
Andy Warhol, born Andrew Warhola Jr. on August 6, 1928, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was the youngest of three sons to Carpatho-Rusyn immigrants Ondrej and Julia Warhola. His devout Byzantine Catholic family nurtured his artistic inclinations; bedridden at age eight with Sydenham's chorea, he drew from comic books and Hollywood magazines supplied by his artistic mother Julia, who later influenced ...