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Warhol Andy, *1928 1987 (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) Worked with painting, photography, prints, film, objects, sculpture and drawing. Marilyn Monroe,undated Silkscreen, 90 x 90 cm © Andy Warhol Foundation / 2007, Pro Litteris Zurich As the most prominent exponent of American Pop Art, Andy Warhol is represented in the collection of Swiss Re Germany with a number of works, such as Flowers, Liz Taylor and Marilyn Monroe. With his characteristic droll deadpan wit, Andy Warhol explores the status of the commodity as an object of art and consumption. His (self-)portraits – reworked photographs of himself and celebrities – have become icons of 20th-century art. The camera was Warhol’s constant companion, with the artist in the double role of photographer and model. In addition, he makes use of source material from photo reportage and advertising. |
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Warhol Andy, *1928 1987 (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) Worked with painting, photography, prints, film, objects, sculpture and drawing. Flowers,undated Silkscreen, 91 x 91 cm © Andy Warhol Foundation, 2007 Pro Litteris Zurich |
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Warhol Andy, *1928 1987 (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) Worked with painting, photography, prints, film, objects, sculpture and drawing. Neuschwanstein,1987 Silkscreen on canvas, 137 x 101 cm © Andy Warhol Foundation / 2007, Pro Litteris Zurich The focal point of Swiss Re Germany’s collection of Pop Art is the commissioned work Neuschwanstein. For the motif, Andy Warhol chose the fairytale castle of the eccentric King Ludwig II of Bavaria, a figure transfigured by myth who died in 1886 under mysterious circumstances. Andy Warhol opted for the most well-known perspective: the castle rising up in front of the Alpensee lake, surrounded by mountains and crested by a strip of sky. Warhol produced two variants of this motif in oil and silkscreen on canvas. One is held in the collection of Swiss Re Germany and the second is on view at the Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich as a gift of Swiss Re. Neuschwanstein is considered the last completed work by Andy Warhol. |
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Warhol Andy, *1928 1987 (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) Worked with painting, photography, prints, film, objects, sculpture and drawing. Details of Renaissance Paintings Leonardo: The Annunciation,undated Silkscreen, 81 x 111 cm © Andy Warhol Foundation / 2007, Pro Litteris Zurich |
