Andy Warhol

Flowers
1974

A whimsical illustration featuring a snake with a sunflower for a head, emerging from a glass jar. The snake's body flows in and out of the jar, with the sunflower snugly fitted at the neck of the jar, serving as the creature's head. The artwork has a minimalist style with delicate line work and splashes of color primarily on the sunflower and the jar's contents.
A whimsical illustration featuring a snake with a sunflower for a head, emerging from a glass jar. The snake's body flows in and out of the jar, with the sunflower snugly fitted at the neck of the jar, serving as the creature's head. The artwork has a minimalist style with delicate line work and splashes of color primarily on the sunflower and the jar's contents.

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Date
1974

Classification
Prints

Medium
Screenprint with watercolor

Dimensions
Sheet: 40 5/8 × 27 1/4in. (103.2 × 69.2 cm) Image: 27 × 27in. (68.6 × 68.6 cm)

Accession number
76.53.2

Edition
161/250 | 50 APs

Publication
Printed by Alexander Heinrici; published by Peter M. Brant; published by Castelli Graphics; published by Multiples, Inc.

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Brant

Rights and reproductions
© The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. / Licensed by Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

API
artworks/7353

Part of a series:

Flowers (Hand Colored)

10 works

Illustration of a white flower with yellow accents in a striped vase, minimalistic style with sketch lines.
Illustration of a whimsical pink vase with a large, fluffy white flower blooming from its narrow opening, tied with a black and white striped ribbon, all resting on a wavy ribbon-like surface with a peach and black color scheme. The artwork has a playful and minimalist style, with visible brush strokes and ink lines, and is signed by the artist in the lower right corner.
Illustration of a stylized bouquet of flowers in a vase, featuring bold outlines with minimal color, predominantly in yellow and blue, with the artist's signature at the bottom right.
A black and white ink sketch of a feather and a flower in a vase, with the vase showing heavy shading and the feather detailed with fine lines and patterns. The artist's signature is visible in the lower right corner.
A black and white sketch of a stylized industrial smokestack emitting a cloud of smoke that loops back towards the ground, creating an abstract ribbon-like effect against a blank background. The ground is represented by a simple wavy line, and the artist's signature is visible in the lower right corner.
A colorful abstract drawing featuring a green and black patterned vase-like object on a pedestal, with a red and black elongated form looping through it. The background is plain white, and there's a signature in red at the bottom right corner.
A whimsical illustration featuring a snake with a sunflower for a head, emerging from a glass jar. The snake's body flows in and out of the jar, with the sunflower snugly fitted at the neck of the jar, serving as the creature's head. The artwork has a minimalist style with delicate line work and splashes of color primarily on the sunflower and the jar's contents.
A black and white line drawing featuring an abstract composition with dynamic, intersecting lines and shapes that suggest movement, with a signature at the bottom right corner.
A hand-drawn sketch of a cauliflower with its large, textured head and surrounding green leaves prominently displayed. The cauliflower is depicted with fine lines and shading, while the leaves show detailed veins and edges. The drawing is monochromatic with black ink on white paper, and there are some sketchy lines at the bottom, suggesting a surface or shadow.
A line drawing of a flower arrangement with a large, central flower in bloom, accompanied by several buds and leaves on slender stems, all contained within a textured vase. The artwork uses minimal color, with pale pink highlights on the flower petals and leaves, against a white background. The artist's signature is visible at the bottom right corner.

Andy Warhol
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