Andy Warhol Cow 12 - yellow/blue print, Signed Ltd.ed series 30x20in - 1971 NYC

All prints are shipped unframed unless specifically noted in the listing. Andy Warhol - Cow 12 yellow/blue (1971) Printed on Arches wall paper. 20 x 30 inch overall.Print by Andy Warhol depicting his 1971 four part portfolio titled, Cows. Andy Warhol’s Cows prints come from a series of works produced between 1966 and 1971. A joyfully irreverent take on a classic, ancient tradition of rural art, the Cows works represent Warhol’s formal effort to introduce the production of wallpaper into his creative repertoire while experimenting with screen printing. Once again, the creative process behind Cows mimicked the assembly-line nature of modern commercialization, a huge inspiration for Warhol and his pioneering of the Pop Art movement. Firstly, the inspiration for Andy’s Cows came from Ivan Karp, a friend of the artist and instrumental art dealer in the 1960s. Karp once said to Warhol, “Why don’t you paint some cows, they’re so wonderfully pastoral and such a durable image in the history of the arts.” Gerard Malanga, one of Warhol’s printers and collaborators, chose the photograph of the cow. But ultimately, it was what Warhol did with this image that made the final product so interesting. With bold, high-contrast colors, Warhol’s cheeky sense of humor illuminates the otherwise serene gaze of the agricultural and spiritual emblem.These plate signed prints are in excellent condition and delivered unframed. The M. Mars Gallery in New York produces some of the finest quality prints, producing vivid colors on the finest linen paper for many artists.