"Andy Warhol" (
Mao),
1977
Exhibition Poster, Hokin Gallery Chicago, Lithograph on textured rag paper mounted on board, unsigned (as issued), 24 x 37 in. (94 × 61 cm).
Condition:
Excellent- no issues has been under frame since 1977 (frame not included).
Provenance: Hokin Gallery, Chicago
Private Collection, NY
Note:
The show opened in 1977, the year the Cultural Revolution in China officially ended following Mao’s death in 1976. Warhol showed a great deal of interest in the Chinese political situation in 1971: “I have been reading so much about China. They’re so nutty. They don’t believe in creativity. The only picture they ever have is of Mao Zedong." The following year he created a portrait of the communist leader based on a photograph from his famous Little Red Book – ‘The thoughts of Chairman Mao’. Like many of his 1970's portraits, Warhol’s Mao paintings are much more painterly than his Pop works of the 1960's with strong colorful brushwork clearly visible. The show opened in 1977 the year the Cultural Revolution in China officially ended following Mao’s death in 1976." (source: Tate London).
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