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"Double Elvis" is
a famous 1963 silkscreen painting by Andy Warhol that features two overlapping images of Elvis Presley as …
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"Double Elvis" is
a famous 1963 silkscreen painting by Andy Warhol that features two overlapping images of Elvis Presley as a gunslinger, creating a flickering effect. The artwork uses a silver background and is based on a publicity photo from the film Flaming Star. It is part of a series of works where Warhol explored the themes of celebrity, mass media, and Hollywood.
Artist: Andy Warhol
Year: 1963
Subject: Elvis Presley in a gunslinger pose
Source image: A publicity still from the 1960 film Flaming Star
Medium: Silkscreen ink on synthetic polymer paint on canvas
Background: Silver paint, which Warhol used for its glamour and practical opacity
Artistic device: Two overlapping images to create a strobe or flickering effect, alluding to film and repetition.
Print scene here is 1985, by Andy Warhol
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- Dimensions
- 19ʺW × 1ʺD × 25ʺH
- Styles
- Modern
- Frame Type
- Framed
- Art Subjects
- Other
- Styled After
- Andy Warhol
- Period
- 1980s
- Country of Origin
- United States
- Item Type
- Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned
- Materials
- Glass
- Wood
- Condition
- Good Condition, Original Condition Unaltered, Some Imperfections
- Color
- Black
- Condition Notes
- Condition commensurate with age Condition commensurate with age less
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