Andy Warhol Sunset 88
Andy Warhol Sunset (Blood Orange) in frame hanging on the gallery wall.
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Sunset (Blood Orange)

Catalog Title: Sunset (FS II.88)
Year: 1972
Size: 34 x 34 inches
Medium: Screenprint on Paper
Edition: 632 unique prints divided as follows: 40 portfolios containing four prints each, signed and numbered in pencil on verso. The remaining 472 prints were used by architects Johnson & Burgee for the Hotel Marquette, Minneapolis, Minnesota. In 1981, upon removal from the hotel, these prints were signed, numbered 1/470 - 470/470, and dated in pencil on verso, and two were marked "HC"; they were stamped in black on verso "Hotel Marquette Prints."
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Sunset (Blood Orange) by Andy Warhol is a 1972 screenprint based off of several reels of sunset film shot in East Hampton, San Francisco and New York. This Sunset print mixes two shades in drastic variations as to provide the viewer with sublime satisfaction. The first tint has a reddish rosy hue masking a vanilla sky that cascades into a grey. However, unlike dull shades of grey, it is soothing, transitioning into a color one shade darker, but still maintaining its unexpected vibrance. Each print in the Sunset portfolio is completely unique, as they are all based on different stills from Warhol’s film, Sunset.

Sunset (Blood Orange) by Andy Warhol as Part of His Larger Body of Work

The Sunset portfolio was produced in 1972 on smooth wove paper. This series is an extreme example of the concept of color serialization. The screen print was produced at an unheard of 472 unique color variations with the use of only three screens. The sunset series is considered to be one of Warhol’s more expressive projects he produced in his lifetime. The commission for the work was made by Johnson & Burgee, famed architects, to be installed in the rooms of the renovated Hotel Marquette in Minneapolis, Minnesota. After the prints were removed from the hotel, they were signed, numbered and stamped.

Photo credit: Film still from Andy Warhol, Sunset, 1967. 16mm film, color, sound, 33 minutes. © 2016 The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, PA, a museum of Carnegie Institute. All rights reserved. Film still courtesy The Andy Warhol Museum.

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