1990 Andy Warhol Foundation "The Star (Greta Garbo) - 1981" Pop Art Vintage Lithograph Print

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1990s Andy Warhol Foundation "The Star (Greta Garbo - 1981" rare vintage offset lithograph by Andy Warhol. It is a … Read more 1990s Andy Warhol Foundation "The Star (Greta Garbo - 1981" rare vintage offset lithograph by Andy Warhol. It is a great change for Andy Warhol fans and music lovers to buy this lithograph for a competitve price. The Pop Art print is produced by Te Neues Publishing Company in cooperation with The Estate and The Andy Warhol Foundation for Visual Arts, printed in Germany in 1990. The litograph has been sealed with the orignial stamp of the AW foundation.

Greta Garbo was a Swedish-American actress and a premier star during Hollywood's silent and early golden eras. The image of ‘The Star’ belongs to a portfolio of ten screenprints called ‘Myths’ published in 1981. Here Warhol has used a photograph of Greta Garbo from the film ‘Mata Hari’, released in 1931. The film was based on the true story of an erotic dancer who was executed in 1917 for espionage during World War I. The tale fired popular imagination and there is still mystery surrounding her alleged guilt.

Andy Warhol (1928-1987), son of Czech immigrants, began his career in advertising. He was mainly involved in designing record covers, weather maps for television and Christmas cards. In 1959 he exhibited his artwork for the first time at the Bodley Gallery in New York. He invented the simple but time-consuming technique of the 'blotted line' himself, with which he created his characteristic illustrations. In addition to the record cover of The Velvet Underground & Nico, the screen prints of Campbell's Soup and the portraits of Marilyn Monroe, Elvis Presley, Jackie Kennedy and Elisabeth Taylor are now world famous.

Warhol started making screen prints in 1962. This printing technique soon became his main method. In the same year, his studio 'The Factory' was set up in New York. With the help of employees, Warhol realized a high art production there, which indeed resembled a factory. With his method of mass production, Warhol approached art in a revolutionary way for the time. The idea of ​​an original work of art was no longer applicable in his view.

The size of this hard to find and out of print collector's Pop Art print is 12" W X 16" H (31 cm by 41 cm). The lithograph is printed on high quality smooth finish paper stock with colourful ink. It is in excellent condition. It has never been framed and is straight from the portfolio. Please see photos for condition reference. It is now being offered here for a competitive price. See less