Mao, from Iĉones
A bold and commanding portrait of Mao Zedong rendered in Yan Pei-Ming's characteristic gestural style, this lithograph employs a restrained yet striking color palette to capture the iconic leader's imposing presence. The work exemplifies Ming's fascination with figures of power and historical mythology, translating his signature large-scale painterly brushwork into the printmaking medium with remarkable expressiveness. Printed on the fine BFK Rives paper with full margins, the composition balances raw energy with a sense of monumental gravitas.
- Medium
- Lithograph in colours, on BFK Rives paper, with full margins,
- Location
- Phillips, Salt Lake City, UT
- Spotted At
- Auction House · PhillipsView on map
🔨 Auction Lot
Evening & Day Editions
January 22, 2015
Artists in conversation
Georg Baselitz
German · b. 1938
Baselitz shares Yan Pei-Ming's commitment to bold gestural brushwork and expressionist figurative portraiture, creating large scale works with raw painterly energy that similarly transforms human subjects into powerful iconic presences.
Chuck Close
American · b. 1940
Close devoted his career to monumental portrait making that elevates the human face into a commanding iconic image, and his extensive printmaking practice including lithography on fine papers closely parallels the technical and conceptual approach seen in this work.
Andy Warhol
American · b. 1928
Warhol repeatedly engaged with Mao Zedong as a subject of political iconography and celebrity mythology, using bold restrained color palettes to transform the leader's image into a striking and confrontational emblem of power, directly mirroring the concerns of this lithograph.
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