Poster, "I Shot Andy Warhol", 1996–1997
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We acquired this object in 2010
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- Object ID: 18758399
- Accession Number: 2010-21-96
- Acquired: 2010
- Short URL: http://cprhw.tt/o/2E9dF/
- Poster, "I Shot Andy Warhol", 1996–1997. Marlene McCarty .1996–1997. Offset lithograph on wove paper. Gift of Sara and Marc Benda. 2010-21-96.
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- Firm: Bureau
- Designed by Marlene McCarty
- Designed by Donald Moffett
Background: photograph of the actress Lili Taylor as Valerie Solanas superimposed over the head of Elvis Presley in the Andy Warhol 1963 painting "Triple Elvis". The Elvis prototype appears dressed like a cowboy in jeans, corduroy shirt, bandana necktie, and a holster at the hips, holding a gun and looking angrily and intently to the left of the viewer. Layered over this background is a strip of a repeating black-and-white photograph of Andy Warhol sitting with a woman in a restaurant, tinted bright red and bearing the inscription in white, "I SHOT ANDY WARHOL". In upper left is the inscription in red: "Du / hast / nur / eine / Chance / beruhmt / zu werden." Further inscription along bottom margin, horizontally, in red:"Lili Taylor Stephen Dorff Jared Harris", followed by credits in small blue type.
This poster is offset lithograph on wove paper. Its dimensions are: 106.8 x 71.3 cm (42 1/16 x 28 1/16 in.).
Gift of Sara and Marc Benda. Its provenance is Acquired from dealers, galleries and auction houses by Marc Benda. Remained with Benda until 2010, when gifted to CHNDM. (Gift) We acquired this object in 2010.
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