Knives, 1981-82
Synthetic polymer paint and silkscreen inks on canvas. 50 x 40 cm. (20 x 16 in.)
Stamped with the Estate of Andy Warhol and numbered 'PA 95.023' and with the Andy Warhol Foundation for Visual Arts seal on the overlap.
PROVENANCE Galerie Jablonka, Cologne; Private collection, Switzerland
EXHIBITED Cologne, Galerie Jablonka, Andy Warhol: Knives, 1998
LITERATURE Exhibition catalogue, Galerie Jablonka, Andy Warhol: Knives, Cologne, 1998, p. 57 (illustrated)
“The Guns and Knives paintings from 1981–1982 are stark reminders of the violent society we lived in then and now. At the beginning Andy wanted to photograph exotic knives and daggers. We knew that Chris Stein from Blondie collected handmade knives and unusual daggers....
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