ANDY WARHOL (D'APRES) Lot n° 341

ANDY WARHOL (AFTER) BIG HORN, Silkscreen, from the "Endangered Species" portfolio series of 10 plates 94.5 x 94.5 cm Stamp Andy Warhol, 1983, copyright Warhol. Printed by Rupert Jasen Smith (New York) and published by Ronald Feldman Fine Arts (New York). Provenance: private collection After Andy WARHOL (1928-1987) Big horn Color screenprint, Stamp, 1983, copyright Warhol. 37 x 37 inch Printed by Rupert Jasen Smith (New York) and edited by Ronald Feldman Fine Arts (New York). From Endangered Species, 1983 by Ronald Feldman. In 1983, Andy Warhol created a series of ten color silkscreens depicting endangered animals from around the world: Siberian tiger, San Francisco tiger, orangutan, Grevy's zebra, black rhinoceros, bighorn sheep ram, African elephant, tree frog. Pine Barrens, giant panda and bald eagle. Using vivid colors - characteristic of his distinctive style - and touching expressions that evoke the animal's fate, Warhol creates a dynamic tension between art and reality. The Endangered Species Portfolio was commissioned by Ronald and Frayda Feldman, long-time political activists and environmentalists who support innovative art projects and installations through their art gallery, Ronald Feldman Fine Art, New York.