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Ladies and Gentlemen 127

Ladies and Gentlemen 127 by Andy Warhol derives from his interest in representing African-American and Hispanic transvestites that he found at the NYC nightclub in New York called The Gilded Grape. Warhol’s pencil shading and use of vibrant colors allow the viewer to identify the

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Ladies and Gentlemen 137

Ladies and Gentleman 137 by Andy Warhol is a striking print from Warhol’s 1975  Ladies and Gentlemen portfolio. For the Ladies and Gentleman series, Warhol took hundreds of polaroids of drag queens and transgender women who he and his associates recruited. Their only instructions

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Ladies and Gentlemen 129

Ladies and Gentlemen 129 by Andy Warhol is a screenprint  from the artist’s enigmatic Ladies and Gentlemen series (1975). The portfolio is one of the first times he explores portraiture of non-famous individuals or non-commercial subject matter. Until the 1970s, Warhol predominantly featured mechanically produced subjects

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Ladies and Gentlemen 135

Ladies and Gentlemen 135 by Andy Warhol is one of ten screenprints in Warhol’s 1975 Ladies and Gentlemen portfolio. Commissioned by Italian art dealer Luciano Anselmino, the series contains portraits of Black and Latinx drag queens and trans-women. For this series, Warhol’s colleague Bob

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Ladies and Gentlemen 134

Ladies and Gentlemen 134 by Andy Warhol is one of ten screenprints from the Ladies and Gentlemen portfolio. The series showcases Black and Latinx drag queen performers and trans models from New York’s queer community. Warhol created the portfolio in 1975 at the request

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Ladies and Gentlemen 133

Ladies and Gentlemen 133 by Andy Warhol is one of ten screenprints featured in Warhol’s Ladies and Gentlemen portfolio. The original polaroids featured fourteen black and Latinx drag queens, with Ladies and Gentlemen 133 depicting activist Marsha P Johnson. Through this series, Warhol embraced

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Andy Warhol Ladies and Gentlemen 132

Ladies and Gentlemen 132

Ladies and Gentlemen 132 by Andy Warhol is one of the fourteen screenprints from the Ladies and Gentlemen portfolio. The idea for the portfolio came to Warhol in 1975 from an art dealer named Lucian Anselmino, a protege of Alexander Iolas. Anselmino, who previously commissioned Warhol

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Ladies and Gentlemen 126

Ladies and Gentlemen 126 by Andy Warhol is part of a larger series of works that were known as his “Drag Queen Paintings.” This work represents Warhol’s focus on portraying African-American and Hispanic transvestites that he found at the NYC nightclub in New York called The

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Ladies and Gentlemen 131

Ladies and Gentlemen 131 is one of the fourteen screenprints from Andy Warhol’s Ladies and Gentlemen portfolio. Warhol created the portfolio in 1975 after the idea was suggested to him by art dealer Luciano Anselmino, who also commissioned Warhol to make the Man Ray portfolio. Anselmino

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Ladies and Gentlemen 130

Ladies and Gentlemen 130 by Andy Warhol is a screenprint from the Ladies and Gentlemen portfolio, commissioned by Italian art dealer Luciano Anselmino. Ladies and Gentlemen shines a spotlight on the New York City drag scene that arose in the 1970s, specifically by scouting transgender

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