Andy Warhol (1928-1987)

Four Jackies

細節

Andy Warhol (1928-1987)
Four Jackies
signed and dated 'Andy Warhol 65' (top overlap, upper left panel); signed again 'Andy Warhol' (left overlap, upper right panel); signed again 'Andy Warhol' (top overlap, lower right panel); signed again 'Andy Warhol' (top overlap; lower left panel)
silkscreen ink and synthetic polymer on canvas
four panels, each 20 x 16 in. (50.9 x 40.6 cm.)
Painted in 1965

來源

M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., New York (1976)
Coe Kerr Gallery, New York
James Goodman Gallery, New York (acquired from the above)
Acquired from the above by the present owner in May 1988

拍品專文

Warhol produced a number of portraits representing Jacqueline Kennedy, using images depicting her both before and after her husband's assassination, as well as scenes from the funeral. The present work repeats the same image as the funeral scenes, that of a Jacqueline Kennedy in mourning. In discussing this series, David Bourdon has written,

Warhol devised his powerful portraits of Jacqueline Kennedy from news photographs taken before and after President John F. Kennedy's assassination in Dallas in November 1963... By cropping in on Mrs. Kennedy's face, Warhol emphasized the heavy emotional toll during those tragic closing days of November. The so-called Jackie Portraits, far from displaying any indifference on Warhol's part to the assassination, clearly reveal how struck he was by her courage during the ordeal. (D. Bourdon, Warhol, New York, 1989, p. 181)