Andy Warhol

American (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1928 - 1987, New York City, New York)

National Velvet

1963
painting | silkscreen ink and synthetic polymer paint on canvas
On view in the museum, second floor
National Velvet
136 3/8 in. x 83 1/2 in. (346.39 cm x 212.09 cm)
Acquired 1993
Collection SFMOMA
Accessions Committee Fund: gift of Barbara and Gerson Bakar, Doris and Donald Fisher, Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr., Mimi and Peter Haas, Byron R. Meyer, Helen and Charles Schwab, Danielle and Brooks Walker, Jr., and Judy C. Webb; Albert M. Bender Fund; Tishler Trust; Victor Bergeron Fund; Members' Accessions Fund; and gift of the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc.
© The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
93.376
Keywords

girls, horses, horseback riding, photographs, grids, popular culture, celebrities, icons, movie stars, Elizabeth Taylor


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