Monday, October 15, 2012

Andy Warhol's Double Elvis

I got to see Andy Warhol's Double Elvis in the weeks before its auction at Sotheby's New York. The canvas is monumental, and I wasn't quite sure what to make of the large areas of flat color given the enormous scale. I found myself surprisingly grateful for the second fainter impression of Elvis over to the left, which I think helps the composition greatly.

Andy Warhol, Double Elvis [Ferus Type], 1963





Fig. 1Bob Dylan holding the present work at the Factory, East 47th Street, New York, 1965
Photo: Nat Finkelstein
© 2012 Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York


Fig. 2
Andy Warhol, Silver Liz (Ferus Type), 1963
Collection of The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh
© 2012 Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Fig. 3
Double Marlon, 1966
Private Collection
© 2012 Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Fig. 4
Silver Liz as Cleopatra, 1963
Art Gallery of Ontario, Gift of Mrs. Else Landauer, in memory of her husband, Walter Landauer, 1979
© 2012 Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Fig. 5
Red Elvis, 1962
Private Collection
© 2012 Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Fig. 6
Andy Warhol, Round Marilyn (Head of Marilyn Monroe), 1962
Private Collection
© 2012 Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York


Fig. 7Film still of the entrance to the 1963 Ferus Gallery exhibition shot by Andy Warhol
© 2012 Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York


Fig. 8Exhibition poster (An Exhibition by Andy Warhol at the Ferus Gallery, Los Angeles, September 30, 1963) Collection of the Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh
© 2012 Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Fig. 9
Andy Warhol working on an Elvis painting
Photo: Nat Finkelstein 
© 2012 Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Fig. 10
Installation view of the present work at the 1963 Ferus Gallery exhibition 
© 2012 Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York


Andy Warhol, Double Elvis [Ferus Type], 1963


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