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Medium: Screenprint
Edition size: 100
Year: 1974
Size: H 97cm x W 94cm
Signed: Yes
Format: Signed Print
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Auction Date | Auction House | Artwork | Hammer Price | Return to Seller | Buyer Paid |
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September 2024 | Phillips London - United Kingdom | Mao (F. & S. II.125A) - Signed Print | |||
July 2024 | Bonhams Cornette de Saint Cyr - France | Mao (F. & S. II.125A) - Signed Print | |||
May 2024 | Bonhams New York - United States | Mao (F. & S. II.125A) - Signed Print | |||
December 2023 | Wright - United States | Mao (F. & S. II.125A) - Signed Print | |||
October 2023 | Sotheby's New York - United States | Mao (F. & S. II.125A) - Signed Print | |||
June 2023 | Forum Auctions London - United Kingdom | Mao (F. & S. II.125A) - Signed Print | |||
March 2023 | A.N. Abell Auction Company - United States | Mao (F. & S. II.125A) - Signed Print |
Mao (F. & S. II.125A) is a screen print by the Father of Pop art, Andy Warhol. Released in 1974 in an edition of 100, this print features a striking portrait of the Chinese communist leader Chairman Mao Zedong. This print follows on from Warhol's 1972 series, Mao, where he released ten screen prints of the chairman in various colourways.
Relying on his typical method of screen printing with the aim of mass-production, Warhol reflects the wide distribution of Mao’s image in communist China whilst also comparing this to the obsessive production of mass-media images in capitalist America. The result is a humorous social commentary on these opposing systems of power during the political tensions of the Cold War.