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Andy Warhol - 'Brillo' Wood Framed Print, 72 x 58cm, Red/Multi
Andy Warhol - 'Brillo' Wood Framed Print, 72 x 58cm, Red/Multi
Product description
Product code: 77522802
Blurring the lines between art and commerce, Andy Warhol created a series of Brillo soap pad cardboard boxes replicated as plywood sculptures in his Factory studio in the 1960s. Following on from Warhol's Campbell’s soup cans, the series explored the artist's fascination with supermarket brands and advertising that came to define Pop Art.
This colourful and graphic 1964 work is a print reproduction of the Brillo series in an ash wood frame, and arrives ready to wall mount.
The frame is made of carefully selected North American ash wood from sustainably managed forests. The wood is consistent in colour and grain and the timber is milled in the UK and finished by hand. Black staining is applied, followed by a hand-polished coloured wax, creating a deep lustre.
Andy Warhol was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the USA in 1928 and after a successful career as a commercial illustrator, he became a renowned and sometimes controversial artist. He is regarded as one of the leading figures of the pop art movement and achieved a celebrity status beyond anything previously seen in the art world.
In works that plundered the world of advertising, pop culture and celebrity, Warhol offered up iconic images in a comment on the banality of mass consumer culture – work that ironically made him famous in his own right.
Working from his ‘Factory’ headquarters, Warhol cemented his lofty status by producing a prolific variety of art including drawings, screenprints, paintings, photographs, films and installations. Andy Warhol died in 1987, after somewhat over-extending his allotted 15 minutes of fame with an enduring legacy.
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Product specification
- Art Movement
- Pop Art
- Artist or Illustrator
- Andy Warhol
- Brand
- Unbranded
- Country of Origin
- UK
- Dimensions
- H72.2 x W58.3 x D3.5cm
- Material
- Ash wood frame, glass, paper, MDF
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Size
- Medium (Up to 70cm x 70cm)
- Subject
- Pop Art
- Weight
- 4.6kg