Warhol, Andy, Ladies and Gentlemen F&S II.131, 1975

Andy Warhol

Ladies and Gentlemen F&S II.131

Screen print in colours on Arches Paper

Size 110.2 x 73.6 cm

Signed and numbered in pencil on verso from the Edition of 125

Published by Gabriele Mazzotta, Milan, Italy. Printed by Alexander Heinrici, New York, NY, USA

Literature: Frayda Feldman, Jörg Schellmann, Claudia Defendi, Andy Warhol Prints. A catalogue raisonné 1962-1987. Fourth edition revised and expanded, Feldman & Schellmann, New York, 2003, p. 89, n. II.131.

The Ladies and Gentlemen series was commissioned by Italian gallerist Luciano Anselmino, to celebrate the emerging drag and trans community in the 70’s New York. Andy Warhol took hundreds of Polaroid pictures of a number of subjects that were recruited to model for him, amongst them were famous LGBTQ+ activists and rights pioneers. Warhol also produced several paintings in this series.