By Andy Warhol
Located in London, GB
Andy Warhol
Ladies and Gentlemen II.136 (Wilhelmina Ross), 1975
colour screenprint on Arches paper
hand-signed and numbered on the back
110.7 x 73.3 cm
Edition 110 of 125
Published by Luciano Anselmino, Milan, Italy. Printed by Alexander Heinrici, New York
Wilhelmina Ross was a drag performer and model who became part of New York's underground performance scene in the 1970s. She was born Douglas Mitchell Hunter in Kansas City and moved to New York in 1970. She became known as Wilhelmina Ross and performed with Hot Peaches, the influential drag theatre company founded by Jimmy Camicia.
Her stage name apparently combined Wilhelmina, the famous modelling agency, with Diana Ross, whom Warhol admired.
In 1975, Warhol began his famous Ladies and Gentlemen series. The project focused on drag queens and trans women from New York's nightlife scene.
Warhol's collaborators recruited performers from places such as the Gilded Grape, a nightclub frequented by New York's queer community. Warhol then photographed them at the Factory using Polaroid cameras...
Category
1970s Pop Art Portrait Prints