Warhol Cow - Yellow on Blue

This striking poster is a poster version of Andy Warhol's Cow series, which featured various color combinations of cow profiles silkscreened atop wallpaper. The series was first shown in a yellow and pink color palette in 1966 for a show of Warhol's at the Leo Castelli Gallery in New York City. Warhol would continue to experiment with various color combinations from that show through the 1980s. This poster was printed by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts in 1992 as part of their fundraising efforts.

The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts was formed in 1987 at the behest of Warhol's will. Its purpose is to both protect the legacy of the artist, educate the public about his work, as well as raise funds for its highly acclaimed grant programs. The Foundation awards about $15 million in grants annually to emerging visual artists.

Andy Warhol was an American artist, film director and producer. Warhol was a leading figure in the Pop Art movement, where he tackled the integration of art, celebrity and consumerist culture in his works. Well known for his serigraphs such as his Marilyn Diptych and Campbell’s Soup Cans, Warhol also produced and directed his own experimental films such as "Chelsea Girls", created Interview Magazine and managed The Velvet Underground. Warhol was multifaceted in medium, using photography, film, sculpture, paint and printmaking to create his various works. Before becoming the art icon he is known as today, Warhol was a commercial illustrator. After moving from Pittsburgh to New York in 1949, Warhol designed store window displays and created ads for luxury brands such as Chanel and Lighthouse Footwear. Today, one can find his works at the Andy Warhol Museum located in the artists’ hometown of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Art Institute of Chicago, and almost every other major museum in the world.

This is an Original Vintage Poster; it is not a reproduction. This poster is conservation mounted, linen backed and in excellent condition.
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