About this artwork
Death emerged as a distinctive theme in Warhol’s work in the 1960s, with his Marilyn Monroe portraits and the Death and Disaster series. His fears about dying were heightened in 1968 when he was shot and critically injured by Valerie Solanas. The gun depicted here is similar to the .22 snub-nosed pistol that she used. At around the same time as he was painting guns, Warhol was also doing a series of knife pictures. Indeed, the first idea was to show them together, along with some dollar-sign paintings, at the Leo Castelli Gallery in New York in January 1982.
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artist:Andy Warhol (1928 - 1987) American
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title:Pistolas, Cuchillos, Cruces
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date created:1982 - 1983
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materials:Lithograph on paper
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measurements:58.80 x 65.40 cm (framed: 65.70 x 72.10 x 3.80 cm)
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credit line:ARTIST ROOMS National Galleries of Scotland and Tate. Acquired jointly through The d'Offay Donation with assistance from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and Art Fund, 2008
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accession number:AR00367
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Andy Warhol
Andy Warhol
Andy Warhol was born 'Andrew Warhola' to Slovakian immigrant parents living in Pittsburgh in America. Warhol's subject matter was taken from popular culture, in the form of advertising, comics, magazines and packaging. He was able to produce his works quickly by transferring images onto canvas or...