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ANDY WARHOL 1928-1987 Vesuvius, 1985 painted serigraph 31 1/2 x 39 3/8 in. (80 x 100 cm) Signed “Andy Warhol” lower right. This work is unique.
Estimate $ 8 0,0 0 0 -12 0,0 0 0 PROVENANCE
Lucio Amelio, Naples Galerie de France EXHIBITED
Tokyo, Mitsukoshi Ltd., Andy Warhol, January 8 - January 20, 1991
In the present lot Andy Warhol invokes both the impending disaster
Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Andy Warhol, August 27 - October 27, 1992
and natural beauty of the iconic Mount Vesuvius. Here he depicts
Vienna, KunstHausWien, Andy Warhol, February 22 - May 30, 1993
the looming destruction that threatens Naples, an extraordinary and
Athens, National Gallery, Andy Warhol, June 14 - August 10, 1993; Thessaloniki, August
uniquely historical place, as his subject. “An eruption is an overwhelming
27 - September 27, 1993
image, an extraordinary happening and even a great piece of sculpture”
Orlando, Orlando Museum of Art, Andy Warhol, October 9 - December 12, 1993
(Andy Warhol in Vesuvius by Warhol, Naples, 1985, p. 35).
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Museum of Art, Andy Warhol, January 13 - March 13, 1994 Taipei, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Andy Warhol 1928-1987, October 8 - November 20, 1994 Lausanne, Fondation de l’Hermitage, Andy Warhol, May 25 - October 1, 1995 Milan, Fondazione Antonio Mazzotta, Andy Warhol, October 22, 1995 - February 11, 1996
Warhols’ preoccupation with death is precisely what made famous his renowned portraits of Marilyn, Elvis and Jackie, all of whom were made
Ludwigshafen, Germany, Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Andy Warhol, September 15, 1996 -
subjects of Warhol’s artwork in the wake of their own tragic demises.
January 12, 1997
Like the aforementioned subjects, the infamous volcano itself has
Helsinki, Helsinki Kunsthalle, Andy Warhol, August 23 - November 16, 1997
become an icon, but unlike them, Vesuvius, 1985, remains vibrantly
Warsaw, The National Museum, Andy Warhol, March 6 - May 3, 1998; The National
active and very much still alive. But what separates Vesuvius, 1985,
Museum, Cracow, May 19 - July 12, 1998
most clearly from Warhol’s other Disaster works, is its existence as a
Kochi, The Museum of Art, Andy Warhol, February 6 - March 26, 2000; The Bunkamura Tokyo, Museum of Art, April 1 - May 21, 2000; Daimaru Museum, Umeda-Osaka, May
natural disaster, and not one of human error.
24 - June 11, 2000; Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, June 17 - July 30, 2000; Kawamura Memorial Museum of Art, August 5 - October 1, 2000; Nagoya City Art Museum, October 7 - December 17, 2000; Niigata City Art Museum, January 4 February 12, 2001 LITERATURE
M. Bonuomo, Vesuvius, by Warhol, Museo di Capodimente, Naples, 1985, p. 66 (illustrated)
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