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Andy Warhol — African Elephant
Andy Warhol

African Elephant

This monumental screenprint presents an African elephant rendered in Warhol's signature palette of vivid complementary colors, where the massive creature emerges against a brilliant yellow-green ground in shades of violet, orange, and cerulean blue. Created in 1983 as part of the Endangered Species Portfolio, the work exemplifies Warhol's ability to transform documentary subject matter into high-impact visual statements through his mastery of the silkscreen process. The artist's characteristic repetition and bold chromatic shifts invest the image with both urgency and iconic power, transforming the animal into an immediately recognizable symbol rather than a naturalistic representation. Signed and numbered from an edition of 150, this 38-by-38-inch print on Lenox Museum Board demonstrates Warhol's commitment to the portfolio series as a meditation on species threatened with extinction. The Endangered Species portfolio stands as one of Warhol's most significant bodies of work addressing ecological concerns, combining his interest in celebrity and spectacle with substantive content about conservation. By elevating the African elephant to monumental scale and treating it with the same graphic treatment he applied to portraits of cultural icons, Warhol positioned the endangered animal as a subject worthy of the same visual attention and reverence as any Hollywood star. For collectors, this print represents a pivotal moment when Warhol's pop sensibility intersected with environmental advocacy, creating works that remain visually arresting while carrying genuine thematic weight.

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Andy Warhol, African Elephant, 1983 Endangered Species Portfolio, (Feldman II.293), 1983, Signed, Original screenprint on Lenox Museum Board, Edition 150, 38" x 38" Sheet Size

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Andy Warhol, African Elephant

This monumental screenprint presents an African elephant rendered in Warhol's signature palette of vivid complementary colors, where the massive creature emerges against a brilliant yellow-green ground in shades of violet, orange, and cerulean blue. Created in 1983 as part of the Endangered Species Portfolio, the work exemplifies Warhol's ability to transform documentary subject matter into high-impact visual statements through his mastery of the silkscreen process. The artist's characteristic repetition and bold chromatic shifts invest the image with both urgency and iconic power, transforming the animal into an immediately recognizable symbol rather than a naturalistic representation. Signed and numbered from an edition of 150, this 38-by-38-inch print on Lenox Museum Board demonstrates Warhol's commitment to the portfolio series as a meditation on species threatened with extinction. The Endangered Species portfolio stands as one of Warhol's most significant bodies of work addressing ecological concerns, combining his interest in celebrity and spectacle with substantive content about conservation. By elevating the African elephant to monumental scale and treating it with the same graphic treatment he applied to portraits of cultural icons, Warhol positioned the endangered animal as a subject worthy of the same visual attention and reverence as any Hollywood star. For collectors, this print represents a pivotal moment when Warhol's pop sensibility intersected with environmental advocacy, creating works that remain visually arresting while carrying genuine thematic weight.

Medium
Andy Warhol, African Elephant, 1983 Endangered Species Portfolio, (Feldman II.293), 1983, Signed, Original screenprint on Lenox Museum Board, Edition 150, 38" x 38" Sheet Size
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Georgetown Frame Shoppe, Washington, D.C., United States

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Sebastián In Situ, Alex Capecelatro, Art Institute of Chicago, Sebastián Naranjo, Derek Jones, Lisa Rembrandt, Nicholas Blum, Hamilton Selway Gallery, Nick Phoenix