Andy Warhol & Other Famous Faces
July 19 – November 15
After Andy Warhol, Marilyn (Announcement), 1981. Screen print. From the collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer, © Andy Warhol Foundation.
During the 1960s American artist Andy Warhol (1928 – 1987) began to explore the iconic status of everyday objects such as his images of Campbell's soup cans and his portraits of such notable personalities as Marilyn Monroe and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. The work he produced established Warhol as the rising star in what was to become known as the Pop Movement. In the 1970s his fascination with portraiture grew and he began producing dozens of vibrant portraits that had a lasting effect on popular culture and art.
Andy Warhol, Jimmy Carter II, edition AP 2/25, 1977. Screen print. Courtesy of the Jordan Schnitzer Jordan D. Schnitzer and his family foundation, © Andy Warhol Foundation.
This exhibit includes portraits by Warhol of The Beatles, Sitting Bull, General Custer, Geronimo, Queen Elizabeth II, Jimmy Carter, Marilyn Monroe, Liza Minnelli, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, and the emblematic Campbell's Soup Can (Tomato). Also shown are portraits by artists Jennifer Bartlett, Chuck Close, Osvaldo Salas Freire, Red Grooms, Jasper Johns, Jeff Koons, Takashi Murakami, Mel Ramos, Robert Rauschenberg, and Tom Wesselman. They portray Elvis Presley, Charlie Chaplin, Vincent Van Gogh, Ernest Hemingway, John and Robert Kennedy, and others.
All work in the exhibit is on loan from the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and his family foundation
Sponsored by:
Puget Sound Energy
Red Grooms, Elvis, edition 31/175, 1987. Lithograph. From the collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and his family foundation.