Andy Warhol Ladies and Gentlemen For Sale

Andy Warhol Ladies and Gentlemen Series

Among Andy Warhol's most culturally resonant — and historically underappreciated — bodies of work, the Ladies and Gentlemen series (1975) marks a defining moment in both his practice and the broader history of queer art. Commissioned by Italian art dealer Luciano Anselmino, the series began as paid portraiture and became something far more lasting: one of the most significant artistic documents of New York's underground LGBTQ+ culture. Andy Warhol Ladies and Gentlemen prints for sale at Guy Hepner are among the most sought-after works from this period.

Warhol photographed Black and Latinx drag queens and trans women — many from the nightlife circuit around Harlem and Greenwich Village — at the Factory in 1974 and 1975. Working from Polaroids, he produced a portfolio of ten screenprints (FS II.127–136) alongside 45 unique hand-coloured variants, each a vibrant, deeply personal portrait. The subjects, unnamed in the original publication, have been partially identified by researchers in recent years, restoring individual identity to works that were originally received as types rather than persons.

Key prints from the portfolio include FS II.130 (gold and orange, one of the most widely reproduced) and FS II.134 (a stark black-and-white variant that emphasises graphic power over chromatic richness). The hand-coloured unique works — which Warhol painted individually — command significant premiums at auction, having achieved six-figure prices in recent years.

The series was produced in an edition of 250 numbered prints and 30 artist's proofs. The ten-print portfolio is rarely available complete; individual prints surface more regularly. Each measures approximately 44 × 29 inches.

Demand for the Ladies and Gentlemen series has grown sharply as cultural institutions — the Whitney, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, and others — have mounted major exhibitions contextualising Warhol's engagement with queer identity. The series is now understood as both a Pop Art masterwork and a document of communities largely invisible to mainstream culture in 1975.

Ladies and Gentlemen prints for sale at Guy Hepner are offered with full authentication. Contact us for availability across both the standard edition and the rare hand-coloured unique works.