Russell Means

細節

Andy Warhol (1928-1987)
Russell Means
signed and dated 'Andy Warhol 1976' (on the overlap)
synthetic polymer and silkscreen inks on canvas
50 x 42 in. (127 x 106.6 cm.)
Painted in 1976.

來源

Ira Young, Los Angeles
Grant Selwyn Fine Art, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1998

拍品專文

In many of his celebrity portraits, Andy Warhol combines glamour with political edge. Warhol's two most famous celebrity subjects, Marilyn Monroe and Jacqueline Kennedy, are as much a part of his Death and Disaster Series as they are portraiture. The present subject, Russell Means, is best known for his movie career and his role as the stoic father chief in the motion picture "Last of the Mohicans." He has spent most of his life however as a gutsy and controversial political activist and tribal leader and is an icon of strength and defiance in Native American culture. He suited Warhol as a subject on many levels: as a media star, a controversial political figure, and as a symbol of America.