Sunset
1972
This 1972 screenprint exemplifies Warhol's transformation of natural subjects through his signature Pop Art lens, applying bold, artificial color combinations and mechanical reproduction techniques to romanticize the traditional landscape motif. Part of a substantial edition of 470, the work demonstrates Warhol's democratization of art while exploring the intersection between nature and commercial imagery.
- Medium
- Screenprint on paper
- Dimensions
- Edition
- Edition of 470 of 470
- Signed
- Yes
- Location
- Hamilton Selway, West Hollywood, CA
- Spotted At
- Gallery · Hamilton SelwayView on map
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Roy Lichtenstein
American · b. 1923
Lichtenstein similarly transformed everyday and natural subjects through bold artificial color and mechanical reproduction techniques rooted in Pop Art, creating works that flatten and stylize imagery with a commercial visual language directly comparable to Warhol's Sunset screenprint.
Ed Ruscha
American · b. 1937
Ruscha frequently employed screenprinting and landscape motifs with bold, artificially heightened color palettes that merge the natural world with commercial and pop sensibilities, reflecting the same tension between nature and mass reproduction present in this Warhol piece.
James Rosenquist
American · b. 1933
Rosenquist used large scale printmaking and painting techniques to apply vivid unnatural color combinations to recognizable imagery, bridging abstract color field sensibilities with Pop Art aesthetics in a way that closely parallels Warhol's approach in this 1972 Sunset screenprint.
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