Andy Warhol's Ladies and Gentlemen 1975

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ANDY WARHOL 1928 – 1987 Ladies and Gentlemen 1975 Portfolio of ten screenprints on Arches paper, 43 and 1Ž2 x 28 and 1Ž2 inches (110.5 x 72.4 cm); Image, approximately 33 and 1Ž2 x 26 and 1Ž2 inches (85.1 x 67.3 cm). Edition: 250, 25 AP, 1 PP, signed, numbered and dated ’75 in pencil on verso. This Edition: each signed in pencil verso, dated, inscribed '@ A W E' (apart from F. & S. II.132) and numbered 93/125 verso Printer: Alexander Heinrici, New York Publisher: Luciano Anselmino, Milan, Italy Feldman & Schellmann

II.128-137

In 1975, art dealer Luciano Anselmino for whom Warhol had previously completed an edition of his Man Ray portrait commissioned Warhol to produce a series of drag queens. Under Warhol’s instruction, Bob Colacello went to The Gilded Grape, a club frequented by trans people and drag performers of colour, to recruit several willing participants. These individuals were offered $50 an hour in exchange for their portrait. Never introduced to Warhol by name, the sitters arrived at the Factory and had their polaroid taken. Describing these images in a review of the paintings in October 1975, Pier Paolo Pasolini wrote: ‘…It is to be noticed that the photographs always seemed to be obsessively the same, always from the front or form a three-quarter view, never in profile: always “posed”, never from life, always in the manner of the film “Stars”, never in the manner of everyday passing shots.’ In their poses, these sitters were placed on equal footing with the cultural icons Warhol had previously depicted. Similarities in pose, collaged colour and androgyny can be drawn between these sitters and the Mick Jagger series produced the same year. Both of these new series of prints are exhibited at Max Protect gallery in December 1975 along with ‘Gerald Ford Political Portraits, Flowers and other Warhol favourites. The sitters here included: Alphanso Panell, Broadway, Wilhelmina Ross, Monique, Marsha P. Johnson, Iris, Easha McCleary, and Vicki Peters.

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Andy Warhol's Ladies and Gentlemen 1975

Published on Oct 24, 2019

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In 1975, art dealer Luciano Anselmino commissioned Warhol to produce a series of drag queens. Under Warhol’s instruction, Bob Colacello went to The Gilded Grape, a club frequented by trans people and drag performers of colour, to recruit several willing participants. These individuals were offered $50 an hour in exchange for their portrait. Never introduced to Warhol by name, the sitters arrived at the Factory and had their polaroid taken. The series were exhibited at Max Protect gallery in December 1975 along with ‘Gerald Ford Political Portraits, Flowers and other Warhol favourites. The sitters here included: Alphanso Panell, Broadway, Wilhelmina Ross, Monique, Marsha P. Johnson, Iris, Easha McCleary, and Vicki Peters.