
Martha Graham: Lamentation (PT144B UT.010)
1986
This unique unpublished screenprint captures modern dance pioneer Martha Graham in her iconic solo "Lamentation," representing Warhol's late-period exploration of American cultural figures beyond his typical celebrity portraits. The work demonstrates his continued innovation with the screenprint medium, creating a singular impression that bridges his pop art aesthetic with the expressive power of Graham's revolutionary choreography.
- Medium
- Unique unpublished screenprint
- Dimensions
- Signed
- Yes
- Location
- Hamilton Selway, West Hollywood, CA
- Spotted At
- Gallery · Hamilton SelwayView on map
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Robert Rauschenberg
American · b. 1925

Rauschenberg similarly used screenprint techniques to capture American cultural and performance figures, blending pop sensibility with a reverence for artistic legacy in works that feel both documentary and expressive.

Roy Lichtenstein
American · b. 1923

Lichtenstein shared Warhol's pop art framework and applied it to portraiture and expressive human figures, creating bold graphic works that elevate cultural subjects through a distinctly American commercial aesthetic.

Barbara Morgan
American · b. 1900

Morgan is renowned for her iconic photographic portraits of Martha Graham in Lamentation specifically, making her work the most direct visual parallel to this screenprint in terms of subject matter, emotional intensity, and the frozen expressive power of modern dance.
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