Teddy Roosevelt, from the Cowboys and Indians Series, 1986

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Andy Warhol
Teddy Roosevelt, from the Cowboys and Indians Series, 1986
1986

About the Item

Andy Warhol Teddy Roosevelt, 1986 is a portrayal of a young Teddy Roosevelt wearing military uniform. His face is dark and reveals relatively little detail; his facial features are only delineated by pink contours that vaguely define his eyes, glasses, nose, mouth, and mustache. His uniform is also dark, creating the sense that he is more of a silhouette than a man. Teddy Roosevelt is an All-American icon in multiple capacities; he is especially known for his role as a military leader and as the twenty-sixth president of the United States. Roosevelt also had a long history of animosity toward Native Americans; Andy Warhol’s Teddy Roosevelt explores this history by juxtaposing him with Native American figures such as in Mother and Child and Geronimo in the Cowboys and Indians series. By portraying him in uniform, Warhol’s Teddy Roosevelt reminds the viewer of his military affiliations and gives him an unapproachable, hostile appearance. Paired with his shadowy appearance, Andy Warhol’s Teddy Roosevelt displays his questionable relationship with Native populations and places doubt into a common understanding of him as a hero. Created in 1986, Andy Warhol’s Teddy Roosevelt is a color screenprint on Lenox Museum Board and is hand signed in the lower right corner in pencil. A unique work inscribed ‘TP’ (trial proof) and numbered from the edition of 36 unique trial proofs; aside from the edition of 250; published by Gaultney-Klineman Art Inc., New York; printed Rupert Jasen Smith, New York. This screenprint is part of a portfolio of works Warhol created in 1986 titled Cowboys and Indians. Other works in the Cowboys and Indians Series include General Custer, Sitting Bull, Kachina Dolls, Geronimo, Annie Oakley, War Bonnet Indian, Buffalo Nickel, Action Picture, Northwest Coast Mask, Plains Indians Shield, Mother and Child, Indian Head Nickel, and John Wayne. Catalogue Raisonné: Andy Warhol, Teddy Roosevelt, from the Cowboys and Indians Series, 1986 is fully documented and referenced in the below catalogue raisonnés and texts (copies will be enclosed as added documentation with the invoices that will accompany the sale of the work). 1. Feldman, Frayda and Jörg Schellmann. Andy Warhol Prints: A Catalogue Raisonné 1962 – 1987, 4th Ed. New York: Distributed Art Publishers, Inc., 2003. Listed and illustrated as catalogue raisonné no. IIB.386. About the Framing: Framed to museum-grade, conservation standards, Andy Warhol Teddy Roosevelt, from the Cowboys and Indians Series, 1986 is presented in a complementary moulding and optical grade Plexiglas.

Creator:
Andy Warhol (1928 - 1987, American)
Creation Year:
1986
Dimensions:
Height: 35.87 in (91.11 cm)Width: 36 in (91.44 cm)
Medium:
Screen
Movement & Style:
Pop Art
Period:
1980-1989
Condition:
Gallery Location:
Palo Alto, CA
Reference Number:
Seller: 78381stDibs: LU1567210774572

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Andy Warhol

The name of American artist Andy Warhol is all but synonymous with Pop art, the movement he helped shape in the 1960s. He was phenomenally prolific, and the archive of original photography, prints, drawings, paintings and other art that he left behind is beyond vast.

Andy Warhol is known for his clever appropriation of motifs and images from popular advertising and commercials, which he integrated into graphic, vibrant works that utilized mass-production technologies such as printmaking, photography and silkscreening. Later in his career, Warhol expanded his oeuvre to include other forms of media, founding Interview magazine and producing fashion shoots and films on-site at the Factory, his world-famous studio in New York.

Born and educated in in Pittsburgh, Warhol moved to New York City in 1949 and built a successful career as a commercial illustrator. Although he made whimsical drawings as a hobby during these years, his career as a fine artist began in the mid-1950s with ink-blot drawings and hand-drawn silkscreens. The 1955 lithograph You Can Lead a Shoe to Water illustrates how he incorporated in his artwork advertising styles and techniques, in this case shoe commercials.

As a child, Warhol was often sick and spent much of his time in bed, where he would make sketches and put together collections of movie-star photographs. He described this period as formative in terms of his skills and interests. Indeed, Warhol remained obsessed with celebrities throughout his career, often producing series devoted to a famous face or an object from the popular culture, such as Chairman Mao or Campbell’s tomato soup. The 1967 silkscreen Marilyn 25 embodies his love of bright color and famous subjects.

Warhol was a prominent cultural figure in New York during the 1960s, ’70s and ’80s. The Factory was a gathering place for the era’s celebrities, writers, drag queens and fellow artists, and collaboration was common. To this day, Warhol remains one of the most important artists of the 20th century and continues to exert influence on contemporary creators.

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