Warhol's Queen portraits to be displayed NEWS
A set of limited edition prints of The Queen by the artist Andy Warhol are to go on display at Windsor in November.
A set of limited edition prints of The Queen by the artist Andy Warhol are to go on display at Windsor in November.
The four huge pictures are bright, vibrant and extremely striking in true Warhol style. Each portait measures 1 metre by 80cms and wwas created in 1985 as part of a work titles 'Reigning Queens'.
A limited run of 30 sets of the 'Queen' prints were made actually coated with particles of diamond and crushed glass. They were inspired by a photograph of the Queen taken in the mid-seventies by photographer Peter Grugeon.
Recently set 25 of the prints was sold by Sothebys for £109,250 - the Royal Collection is believed to own set 14. Royal librarian Jane Roberts stated in an interview with the BBC: 'What Andy Warhol did with print making was very new, and particularly in these images where he uses the same outlines and applies different colourways to it, which is something very personal to him. It's playing around with an image in a way which is entirely new.'
She added: 'Warhol produced these prints in these different colourways with the intention that they should be seen together as a set, reacting off each other.' The new exhibition at Windsor Castle presents the paintings alongside a selection of official, commissioned and formal portraits of The Queen from her six decades on the throne. It will continue until 9th June 2013.
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