Andy Warhol, Flowers 1534/2400 for CMOA, 1964, Lithographs, framed, set of 3

Andy Warhol's Flowers made their first appearance on the New York art scene in 1964 when they were exhibited at the Leo Castelli Galley. enjoying enormous success.

Flowers in the Pop Art version are among the artist's most evocative and public-appreciated works, but also the last in which the artist uses the painting technique.

For Warhol, working on natural images was something he had never experienced before, in fact it seems that the idea of ​​this choice was suggested to him by his friend Henry Geldzahler, then curator of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The latter in fact went to Warhol's studio , noticed how the Factory was full of works depicting Marilyn and works of commercial products, such as Campbell's soups and Coca Cola. He then decided to advise the eccentric Pop Artist to use something different.

Inspired by Hibiscus flowers, in Flowers Andy Warhol transforms nature into the protagonist for the first time, using an unusual style. The Pop Artist combines impressionist and abstract techniques, giving life to new images, very different from the previous ones inspired by celebrities and consumerism.

This folder of lithographs is numbered 1534/2400. The CMOA stamp is a guarantee for A. Warhol multiples. CMOA is the acronym of Carnegie Museum Of Art, a museum in Pittsburgh, A. Warhol's hometown, to which the artist donated 60 of his subjects, granting the possibility of creating multiples (60 x 60 of each subject such as Mao Tse Tung , Flowers and Marilyn Monroe) in a limited edition of 2400 pieces. For this reason the availability of these lithographs is starting to be difficult, in fact these numbered subjects are in demand all over the world.

The collection we have for sale consists of 3 pieces, with identical numbering, 1534/2400. The reason for the same numbering is that these 4 lithographs are part of folder number 1534.

The frame is made of black lacquered wood of approximately 2,5 cm with a round section.

Curiosity: To create Flowers, Warhol used a cover photo taken of Hibiscus Flowers, taken from Modern Photograpgy magazine. Naturally, this photo served him only as inspiration, in fact to create Flowers, Warhol made a large number of graphic changes to the image that made the original flowers unrecognizable. The cover shot was taken by Patricia Caulfield, who claimed the right to the photo and asked for compensation from Warhol, who was forced by the court to give her two of his works, as well as a percentage of future revenues.