Andy Warhol Mick Jagger, Leo Castelli gallery 1975:
A stunning set of ten announcement cards published by Castelli Graphics in 1975 to advertise the forthcoming portfolio of ten silkscreen prints by Andy Warhol of Mick Jagger, 1975. The very first publication (not to be confused with a slightly later printing which contains printed signatures). The set is accompanied by original Castelli Graphics invite folder announcing the forthcoming edition, overall measurements etc.
Offset Lithographs.
Height 6 in.; Width 4 in. / 15.2 cm x 10.2 cm (applies to each individual).
Pub. Castelli Graphics / Seabird Editions, 1975.
Cards are in very good overall vintage condition; jacket which houses the cards: good overall vintage condition (minor surface markings).
Unsigned from an edition of unknown.
Provenance: Private Collection, New York via the Castelli gallery archive.
Obsessed with celebrity, consumer culture, and mechanical reproduction, Pop Art king, Andy Warhol created some of the 20th century’s most iconic images. Warhol was widely influenced by popular & consumer culture, with this being evident in some of his most famous works: 32 Campbell's soup cans, Brillo pad box sculptures, and portraits of Marilyn Monroe & Mick Jagger, for example. Rejecting the standard painting and sculpting modes of his era, Warhol embraced silk-screen printmaking to achieve his characteristic hard edges and flat areas of color. The artist mentored Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat and continues to influence contemporary art around the world: His most bold successors include Richard Prince, Takashi Murakami, and Jeff Koons. Warhol has been the subject of exhibitions at the Whitney Museum of American Art, Museum of Modern Art, Tate Modern, and Centre Pompidou, among other institutions.
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As the lead singer for the Rolling Stones, Mick Jagger virtually invented the concept of the rock & roll frontman. Taking his cues from soul singers, bluesmen, and Elvis Presley, Jagger crafted a magnetic, carnal persona that retained its charisma even after it was mimicked and expanded by countless singers who followed in his footsteps. He may have been surrounded by disciples, but Jagger never left the spotlight, touring with the Rolling Stones until he was in his seventies. Unlike his lifelong collaborator Keith Richards, Jagger always seemed eager to explore territory outside of the Stones, releasing a solo single called "Memo from Turner" in 1970 and launching a full-fledged solo career in 1985, 21 years after the band's debut. When he released She's the Boss, it appeared that the Stones may have been approaching the end of their career, but it soon transpired that Jagger's solo career would run concurrently with that of the band's. Over the ensuing decades, he released a string of solo albums and formed a supergroup called SuperHeavy with David A. Stewart, and while none of these projects commanded the attention that the Rolling Stones achieved, they nevertheless showcased a restless talent with an interest in pop, dance, and world music.
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