Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Andy Warhol--Facing Left (Study #2)

Jamie Wyeth
1946-

Andy Warhol--Facing Left (Study #2)

1976
16 1/16 x 13 5/16 inches (407 x 339 mm)
Brush and black ink with white opaque watercolor and graphite on paperboard.
2010.141

Thaw Collection.

© Jamie Wyeth / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Notes
This portrait of the leading Pop artist, Andy Warhol (1928-1987), is one of about twenty drawings Wyeth created in 1976, when the two artists decided to paint each other's portrait. The results reflected their opposing aesthetics. In contrast to Warhol's glamorous portraits of celebrities, Wyeth's depiction of Warhol is almost brutal in its realism. "I was fascinated by every pimple on his face," said Wyeth, who faithfully recorded his model's blemished, pale skin. In its truthfulness, this portrait shows the human side of a man better known for his theatrical behavior.
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed at lower right in black ink, "#II A.W. Seated profile."
Artist
Classification
Century Drawings