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Flowers
196423 1/8 x 23 1/8 in. (58.7 x 58.7 cm)
Andy Warhol
United States (Pittsburgh, PA, 1928 - 1987, New York, NY)
Object Type:
Print
Medium and Support:
Offset lithograph
Credit Line:
The Charles Rand Penney Collection of the Memorial Art Gallery
Accession Number:
1975.314
Location: Not currently on view
Collection:
The Charles Rand Penney Collection
Edition: none/300
Publisher: Leo Castelli Gallery, New York
Andy Warhol regularly appropriated imagery from other artists. Here, he based his image on a photograph of hibiscus flowers by Patricia Caulfield in "Modern Photography", June 1964.
[Gallery label text 2012]
Warhol’s Flowers series was based upon a photo published in the June 1964 issue of Modern Photography taken by the magazine’s editor, Patricia Caulfield. Warhol’s appropriation of images was to have an enormous effect upon later artists—turn around to see Devorah Sperber’s appropriation of Grant Wood’s painting, American Gothic—but it was not appreciated by Caulfield who threatened to sue Warhol when she saw his Flowers. Although Caulfield never filed a lawsuit, Warhol did pay her for the use of her photo.
[Gallery label text 2012]
Warhol’s Flowers series was based upon a photo published in the June 1964 issue of Modern Photography taken by the magazine’s editor, Patricia Caulfield. Warhol’s appropriation of images was to have an enormous effect upon later artists—turn around to see Devorah Sperber’s appropriation of Grant Wood’s painting, American Gothic—but it was not appreciated by Caulfield who threatened to sue Warhol when she saw his Flowers. Although Caulfield never filed a lawsuit, Warhol did pay her for the use of her photo.
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Exhibition List
This object was included in the following exhibitions:
- Charles Rand Penney Collection Memorial Art Gallery 2/27/1976 - 3/28/1976
- Through the Looking Glass 12/6/1980 - 1/25/1981
- Art in Bloom Memorial Art Gallery 3/25/1994 - 6/19/1994
- Art in Bloom: A Bouquet from the Permanent Collection Memorial Art Gallery 3/8/2002 - 6/16/2002
Bibliography
This object has the following bibliographic references:
- Article Title: Acquisition: The Charles Rand Penney Foundation Collection. Article Scope: article. Memorial Art Gallery. Gallery Notes. Rochester, New York: Memorial Art Gallery, 1935-1995. Volume Number: 41, Issue Number: 6. Issue Date: February 1976.
- Article Scope: Mention. Elizabeth Brayer. Magnum Opus: The Story of the Memorial Art Gallery, 1913-1988. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery, 1988.
- The Charles Rand Penney Collection of the Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery, 1976.
- Article Scope: Catalogue Raisonné Entry. Frayda Feldman and Jörg Schellmann. Andy Warhol Prints: A Catalog Raisonné 1962-1987. New York, NY: D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers in association with R. Feldman Fine Arts, Inc., 1997.
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