Flash November 22 (F. & S. II.39)
Flash November 22 (F. & S. II.39)
Signed Print
Andy Warhol
£3,600-£5,500
$7,000-$11,000 Value Indicator
$6,500-$10,000 Value Indicator
¥35,000-¥50,000 Value Indicator
€4,350-€6,500 Value Indicator
$35,000-$50,000 Value Indicator
¥710,000-¥1,080,000 Value Indicator
$4,500-$7,000 Value Indicator
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Medium: Screenprint
Edition size: 200
Year: 1963
Size: H 54cm x W 53cm
Signed: Yes
Format: Signed Print
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Auction Results
| Auction Date | Auction House | Location | Hammer Price | Return to Seller | Buyer Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2024 | Artcurial | France | |||
| November 2024 | Boetto Auction House | Italy | |||
| October 2024 | Doyle Auctioneers & Appraisers | United States | |||
| May 2024 | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | United States | |||
| December 2023 | Bonhams New Bond Street | United Kingdom | |||
| November 2023 | Neww Auction | Japan | |||
| March 2023 | De Vuyst | Belgium |
Meaning & Analysis
Andy Warhol’s print Flash-November 22 (F. & S. II.39) from his Flash-November 22, 1963series (1968) shows an image of the building from which President Kennedy was shot by Lee Harvey Oswald, with an arrow ominously pointing to the exact window from where the shot was taken. This print is the only one in the series that only features one image, instead of layering multiple. The print’s title stems from the phrase ‘news-flash’, alluding to a piece of highly important news in the mass-media. Warhol returned again and again to the events of Kennedy’s assassination in 1963 and its related images, notably his Jackie Kennedy prints (1965), with this portfolio being his last iteration of the subject.
Based on campaign posters, mass media photos and advertisement, the Flash-November 22, 1963 series elevates and appropriates news items into the realm of high art, so to question the value of art in comparison to this widely disseminated imagery. Warhol uses his renowned screen printing method to deliberately flatten and colour the original photograph in bright purple.
Mimicking the mass-produced and widely circulated image of Kennedy’s assassination in the news-media through the screen printing method, Warhol explores how the public has become desensitised to themes of death and tragedy with the proliferation of mass-news images. Each of the prints are supplemented by Teletype reports written by Philip Greer, providing a media narrative to the images that constructs our understanding of the event. Warhol makes it clear that mass-media coverage can detrimentally shape public opinion to the extent that it eclipses individual comprehension of such grave instances.
