Crossman Gallery Gifted 7 Andy Warhol’s
Mar 3rd, 2014 by Jessica Moran
The seven Andy Warhol prints that UW-Whitewater was gifted arrived at the end of February from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts in New York. This foundation works to keep the visual art industry moving forward and provide an outlet for under-recognized work.
These seven prints are going to be in a permanent display in Crossman Gallery in the Greenhill Center of the Arts. The seven prints are:
- Reigning Queens (Royal Edition)(Queen Margrethe), 1985
- This piece is part of a collection that Warhol did of different queens. This particular piece is unique because it has diamond dust on it that you can very clearly see. Queen Margrethe is the Queen of Denmark.
- Reigning Queens (Queen Ntombi), 1985
- This piece is also part of the collection that Warhol did of different queens. Queen Ntombi is the Mother Queen of Swaziland.
- Truck, 1985
- Cowboys and Indians (Annie Oakley), 1986
- Annie Oakley was a sharpshooter and exhibition shooter in the late 1800’s which led to her role on Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show.
- Cowboys and Indians (Kachina Dolls), 1986
- Kachina Dolls are figures that are carved by Hopi people to instruct people about katsinas, which are the immortals that bring rain and other natural aspects of the world. These dolls were very popular in the late 1800s to early 1900s.
- Sitting Bull, 1986
- Sitting Bull was a tribal chief that led Hunkpapa Lakota people in the years of resistance to the United States government policies.
- Camouflage, 1986
- Camouflage was part of a series that Warhol did after it was invented by artists for the military. He changed the coloring for his pieces to take away the military aspect but still using the idea of hiding.
Michael Flanagan, Crossman Gallery Director, plans on having a showing of these prints at some point this summer.
For more information on the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts visit warholfoundation.org