Andy Warhol Mao
Andy Warhol Mao II96 1972 Screenprint on Beckett High White paper 91 x 91 cm 36 x 36 in edition of 250 photo. 36 x 36 in. Andy Warhol S Maos Everything You Should Know Wikimedia Commons Today was the 120th anniversary of Mao. Andy warhol mao . Each print also accompanied by the original letter certificates from the. The idea of creating portraits of Mao Zedong came from Bruno Bischofberger Andy Warhols dealer who suggested that Warhol create portraits of the most important figure in the 20 th century. During the early 1970s Warhol began his series of portraits of Former Chairman of the Communist Party of China Mao Zedong 1893-1976. President Richard Nixons first visit to China in 1972 Warhol got hold of the totalitarian leader Mao Zedong and created hundreds of varied sized canvases of him. 36 116 36 116in. Andy Warhol modeled his now-iconic portraits of Mao Zedong off of the official state portrait of the Chinese Communist leader. The Mao series marked an importa...