Skip to main content
  1. Art
  2. The Collection

Untitled (Mao), from the portfolio “The New York Collection for Stockholm: 30 Artists”

Andy Warhol

Artwork Details

Untitled (Mao), from the portfolio “The New York Collection for Stockholm: 30 Artists”
1973
Andy Warhol
drawing, sequentially reproduced on a Xerox copier
11 in x 8 1/2 in (27.9 cm x 21.6 cm);19 5/16 in x 14 5/16 in (49 cm x 36.3 cm)
Gift of Mr. Robert Rauschenberg
1976/2.132

Tags

Description

Subject Matter:

This print is part of a portfolio made in collaboration with Experiments in Art and Technology (EAT) and Moderna Museet as a fundraising effort for artists. Andy Warhol, the face of the pop art movement, was known for his repetitious use of icons like Marilyn Monroe, Mao, Elvis, Elizabeth Taylor etc. This print was created through sequential xeroxing. Warhol took his initial drawing of Mao and photocopied it, and then each successive printing he xeroxed the last print he had completed. Thus each sucessive print diverges farther and farther from the original drawing Warhol made. This print is hardly recognizable, the only remnant that is visible is Mao's collar. The process of creation is more visible than the actual product. 

EC 2017

Physical Description:

A print of dashed lines and indefinite abstract shapes.

EC 2017

Usage Rights:

If you are interested in using an image for a publication, please visit https://umma.umich.edu/request-image/ for more information and to fill out the online Image Rights and Reproductions Request Form.