Untitled (John Stuart Mill)

Details

Andy Warhol (1928-1987)
Untitled (John Stuart Mill)
stamped with the Andy Warhol Art Authentication Board, Inc., stamp and numbered A136.032 (on the reverse)
ink on paper and ink and gouache on acetate overlay
12¼ x 11 in. (31.1 x 27.9 cm.)
Executed circa 1952-1953.

Provenance

Acquired from the artist by the present owner

Exhibited

London, The Institute of Contemporary Arts, Andy Warhol Drawings 1952-53, February-March 1971.
New York, Grey Art Gallery; Pittsburgh, Carnegie Museum of Art; London, Serpentine Gallery; Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Institute of Contemporary Art; Newport Harbor Art Museum; Turin, Lingotto S.p.A. and Jouy-en-Josas, Foundation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, Success is a Job in New York: The Early Art and Business of Andy Warhol, March 1989-September 1990, p. 83, no. 180.

Sale room notice

Please note that this work has been requested for inclusion in an upcoming traveling exhibition titled Andy Warhol: Live to be organized by the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.

Lot Essay

John Stuart Mill was arguably the most important English-speaking philosopher of the 19th Century. He was influenced by the British empiricist John Locke, and he aimed to develop a positive view of the universe and its inhabitants. Formally and stylistically, the portrait anticipates Warhol's later celebrated silkscreen portraits, with its simple linear depiction against a background of limited colors.

Untitled (John Stuart Mill)

Lot Essay

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