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Although he is better known for celebrity portraits and Campbell’s soup cans, flowers appear throughout Warhol’s career, from his time as an illustrator to the height of his celebrity. This is one of over 900 flower works created in the 1960s, all based on a nature photograph the artist saw in Modern Photography magazine. While the original photo portrayed hibiscus flowers, Warhol’s layered printing technique and use of only black and white transform the shapes into generic flowers, closer to decoration or pattern than any real plant.
July 22, 2020
DimensionsOverall: 22 × 22 in. (55.9 × 55.9 cm)
Accession Number 1986.42
Classificationspainting
CopyrightThe Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, ARS
Inscriptions2058 A (verso r,c etched on wide metal molding)
ProvenanceArtist. Roy Halston Frowick [probably gift of previous by 1986]; Des Moines Art Center [gift from previous, 1986]
