ANDY WARHOL (1928-1987)
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ANDY WARHOL (1928-1987)

Sea Turtle

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ANDY WARHOL (1928-1987)
Sea Turtle
synthetic polymer and silkscreen inks on canvas
42 x 50 in. (106.7 x 127 cm.)
Painted in 1985. This work is stamped twice on the reverse with both the Andy Warhol Foundation and Estate of Andy Warhol stamps, and numbered PA69.005.

The Estate of Andy Warhol and the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc., New York.

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This work is accompanied by a photo-certificate from the Estate of Andy Warhol.

Sea Turtle is related to the Endangered Species series Warhol executed in 1983, and only exists in three versions. After years of depicting cats and dogs, Warhol turned to more exotic animals, such as the Siberian tiger and African elephant. In the present work, Warhol eschewed the natural coloring of the animal and opted for brilliant hues of fuschia and turquoise. He set the turtle against a dramatic backdrop of blue and yellow. Warhol based the image on a photograph taken by another photographer; in the finished painting, his additional, off-register line drawing would complete the transformation of an anonymous image into a Warhol painting.