ANDY WARHOL (Pittsburgh 1928–1987 New York) Cats and Dogs (Broadway). 1976. Acrylic and serigraph ink on canvas. Signed and dated on the overlap: Andy Warhol 1976, as well as inscribed on the stretcher: LC 2. 128 × 100.5 cm. Provenance: - The Mayor Gallery, London (verso with the label). - Wiegersma Fine Art, Belgium. - Purchased from the above in the late 1970s by the present owner, since then private collection Netherlands. Ausstellungen: - London 1976, Cats & Dogs. The Mayor Gallery, 29 June - 13 August 1976. - Zurich 1978, Andy Warhol. Kunsthaus Zürich, 26 May - 30 July 1978, no. 153 (with ill.). Literature: The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, New York/Prinz, Neil/King-Nero, Sally: The Andy Warhol Catalogue Raisonné, Paintings and Sculpture late 1974-1976, New York 2014, p. 361, no. 3202 (with colour ill.). Andy Warhol was without doubt one of the most influential figures in 20th-century art. In turning away from the classical concept of fine art, elevating the everyday and the trivial to the status of art, and placing a high value on commerce, he remains to this day an essential figure in the Pop Art movement. In the mid-1970s, Warhol created 72 paintings and about 45 drawings of animals. The series started with two drawings of the Cocker Spaniel Ginger, commissioned by the collector Peter Brant as a gift for his wife. Two years later, the series “Cats and Dogs”, initiated by Brant and the British art dealer James Mayor, was presented for the first time in Mayors gallery in London. The series can be divided into four groups: large portraits of cats and dogs (127 × 101.6 cm each) and small portraits of cats and dogs (81.3 × 66 cm each). Warhol based his paintings primarily on black-and-white photographs of the animals. While the dogs Cuba, Danger, and the two Dachshunds Archie and Amos are pets belonging to his friends, three models, including the cat in the present work, remain unidentified. “Cats and Dogs (Broadway)” is one of only 6 large-format cat paintings. Warhol did portraits of only two cats: Factory and Broadway, the former being a taxidermy specimen. Broadway, black with white markings, can be identified by the white markings on its nose and a large white diamond-shaped patch that extends below its head and across the top of its chest. In the photo, the crouching body is foreshortened and the tail flicks out to the left. The cat stares slightly to the left with large eyes, alert but wary. Warhol reverses the orientation of the pose in the paintings, cropping the photograph as much as possible to the compact mass of the body and the curled extension of the tail. This creates a vertical format for the composition and the cat fills the entire picture plane. Although the pose is not explicitly active, Broadway is alive to the camera. In a crouched position, the animals body appears tense, ready to pounce at any moment, quite different from the inert profile of Factory, the stuffed cat. Broadways colour palette is also more vivid. The cats white markings and almond-shaped eyes become the vehicle for lively passages in pastel shades: acra violet and cobalt blue merge with the mint green background. Warhol executed the silkscreens in a different colour for each large cat: in the present work, in white. Warhols “Cats & Dogs” not only reflects his affection for pets, which already began to emerge in his childhood. Andy also gave them an autonomy of character and removed them from the role of the classic pet. Thus, on Warhol’s canvas the ordinary domestic cat undergoes a metamorphosis into a personality in its ow ANDY WARHOL (Pittsburgh 1928–1987 New York) Cats and Dogs (Broadway). 1976. Acryl und Serigrafietinte auf Leinwand. Auf der überlappenden Leinwand signiert und datiert: Andy Warhol 1976, sowie auf dem Keilrahmen bezeichnet: LC 2. 128 × 100,5 cm. Provenienz: - The Mayor Gallery, London (verso mit dem Etikett). - Wiegersma Fine Art, Belgien. - Vom heutigen Besitzer in den sp?ten 1970er Jahren bei obiger Galerie erworben, seitdem Privatsammlung Niederlande. Ausstellungen: - London 1976, Cats & Dogs. The Mayor Gallery, 29. Juni - 13. August 1976. - Zürich 1978, Andy Warhol. Kunsthaus Zürich, 26. Mai - 30. Juli 1978, Nr. 153 (mit Abb.). Literatur: The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, New York/Prinz, Neil/King-Nero, Sally: The Andy Warhol Catalogue Raisonné, Paintings and Sculpture late 1974-1976, New York 2014, S. 361, Nr. 3202 (mit Farbabb.). Der 1928 geborene Andy Warhol z?hlt unbestritten zu den**Kunst des 20. Jahrhunderts pr?gendsten Pers?nlichkeiten. Indem er sich vom klassischen Begriff der Bildenden Kunst abwendet, das Allt?gliche und Triviale zur Kunst erh?ht und auch dem Kommerz einen hohen Stellenwert einr?umt, ist er für**Pop-Art noch heute von essentieller Bedeutung. Mitte der 1970er schafft Warhol 72 Gem?lde und etwa 45 Zeichnungen von Tieren. Den Startschuss für diese Reihe bilden zwei Zeichnungen des Cocker-Spaniels Ginger,**der Sammler Peter Brant als Geschenk für seine Frau in Auftrag gegeben hat. Zwei Jahre sp?ter wird**Serie "Cats and Dogs" von Brant und dem britischen Kunsth?ndler James Mayor veranlasst und erstmals in Mayors Galerie in London pr?sentiert.**Serie l?sst sich in vier Gruppen unterteilen: grosse Katzen- und Hundeportr?ts (je 127 × 101,6 cm) sowie kleine Katzen- und Hundeportr?ts (je 81,3 × 66 cm). Warhol stützt sich bei der Anfertigung seiner Gem?lde prim?r auf Schwarz-Weiss-Fotografien der Tiere. W?hrend es sich bei den Hunden Cuba, Danger, sowie den zwei Dackeln Archie und Amos um Haustiere des Freundeskreises handelt, bleiben drei Modelle, darunter auch**Katze der vorliegenden Arbeit, unidentifiziert. "Cats and Dogs (Broadway)" ist eines von nur 6 grossformatigen Katzen-Gem?lden. Warhol portr?tiert lediglich zwei Katzen: Factory und Broadway, wobei es sich bei ersterer um ein Pr?parat handelt. Das schwarze Fell Broadways ist an den weissen Abzeichen auf der Nase und an einem grossen weissen, rautenf?rmigen Fleck zu erkennen, der sich unterhalb des Kopfes und über**Oberseite der Brust erstreckt. Auf dem Foto ist der hockende K?rper verkürzt, der Schwanz schl?gt nach links aus.**Katze starrt mit grossen Augen leicht nach links, wachsam, aber misstrauisch. Warhol kehrt**Ausrichtung der Pose in den Gem?lden um und beschneidet das Foto so weit wie m?glich auf**kompakte Masse des K?rpers und**eingerollte Verl?ngerung des Schwanzes. Dadurch wird**Komposition vertikal formatiert und**Katze füllt**gesamte Bildfl?che aus. Obwohl**Pose nicht explizit aktiv ist, ist Broadway für**Kamera lebendig. In geduckter Haltung wirkt der K?rper des Tiers angespannt, jederzeit bereit zum Sprung, ganz anders als im tr?gen Profil des Pr?parats Factory. Auch**Farbpalette gestaltet sich bei Broadway lebendiger.**weisse Zeichnung und**mandelf?rmigen Augen der Katze werden zum Instrument für lebhafte Passagen in Pastellt?nen: acraviolett und kobaltblau verschmelzen mit dem mintgrünen Hintergrund.**Serigrafie führt Warhol bei jeder grossen Katze in einer anderen Farbe aus: beim vorliegenden Werk in Weiss. In Warhols "Cats & Dogs" findt sich nicht nur seine Zuneigung zu Haustieren wieder,**bereits in seiner Kindheit aufkeimt. Andy l?sst ihnen darüber hinaus eine charakterliche Autonomie zuteilwerden und l?st sie aus der Rolle des klassischen Haustieres heraus. So durchl?uft**gew?hnliche Hauskatze auf Warhols Leinwand eine Metamorphose zu einer eigenst?ndigen Pers?nlichkeit. notes:*
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