Flowers
1974
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screenprint in black on wove paper
Dimensions
sheet: 103.2 x 69.6 cm (40 5/8 x 27 3/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Peter M. Brant
Accession Number
1986.99.2
Art Historical Context
Andy Warhol's *Flowers* (1974) is a striking screenprint in black on wove paper measuring 103.2 x 69.6 cm, now housed in the National Gallery Art's print collection as a gift from M. Brant. Part of Warhol's enduring fascination with floral motifs—first explored in his colorful 1964 series—this monochromatic rendition distills the image to bold, high-contrast silhouettes. Drawing from a manipulated photograph of hibiscus blossoms, it exemplifies Pop Art's playful subversion of everyday imagery, transforming banal beauty into icons of consumer culture. Warhol pioneered screenprinting in the 196...
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 ...