Northwest Coast Mask. 1986.
Silkscreen in colors.
Feldman/Schellmann II.380. Signed and numbered. From an edition of 250 copies. On firm board. 91.5 x 91 cm (36 x 35.8 in), the full sheet.
Sheet 8 from the portfolio "Cowboys and Indians". Printed by Rupert Jasen Smith, New York (with the blindstamp) and published by Gaultney, Lineman Art Inc., New York (verso with the stamp and inscription). [EH].
• Very few of Warhol's silkscrens show motifs of the First Nations.
• A year before his death Andy Warhol showed motifs of American Natives in the two portfolios "Cowboys and Indians" (Feldman/Schellmann 373-376, 377-386).
• Andy Warhol also made Northwest Coast Mask as a painting.
• Warhol's striking creations are icons of American pop art.

PROVENANCE: Private Collection Norhern Germany.