Silkscreen in colors. Signed and numbered. From an edition of 60 copies. On firm Arches wove board. 64 x 96 cm. Sheet: 82 x 112 cm.
Sheet 2 of a portfolio comprising 4 color silkscreen prints. Printed by Rupert Jasen Smith, New York. Published by Editions Schellmann & Klüser, Munich/New York (with copyright stamp on the reverse). [KA].
- A sacred moment transformed into a striking pop art icon. - Warhol adapts Leonardo da Vinci's famous Renaissance painting (Uffizi, Florence) into the visual language of pop art. - Privately owned for 40 years. - One copy of this series is part of the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
LITERATURE: Frayda Feldman, Jörg Schellmann, Claudia Defendi, Andy Warhol Prints. A Catalogue Raisonné 1962-1987, New York 2003, cat. no. II.321 (illustrated). Frayda Feldman, Jörg Schellmann, Andy Warhol Prints. A Catalogue Raisonné, Munich/New York 1989, cat. no. 321 (illustrated).