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Andy Warhol — Ten Portraits of Jews of the Twentieth Century For Sale
226–235). Commissioned by art dealer Ronald Feldman, the series brought together ten individuals who had shaped modern culture — scientists, writers, artists, political leaders, performers — and rendered them in Warhol's iconic silkscreen style. Ten Portraits of Jews of the Twentieth Century for sale at Guy Hepner offers collectors access to a portfolio of lasting cultural importance.
235), literature's great chronicler of alienation.
Warhol worked from archival photographs, running each through his distinctive screen process to produce portraits that balance historical gravity with Pop accessibility. The palette varies portrait to portrait — from the warm ochres of the Gershwin to the stark blacks of the Kafka — giving the portfolio visual variety while maintaining stylistic coherence.
The portfolio was published in an edition of 200, with 30 artist's proofs, each signed and numbered by Warhol. Individual prints measure approximately 40 × 32 inches on Lenox Museum Board. The relative scarcity of complete portfolios — and the strong institutional and private demand for individual prints — makes this one of the most actively sought Warhol series on the secondary market.
Collectors prize the Ten Portraits for their confluence of cultural weight and aesthetic strength. Works from the series hold collections at major museums internationally and continue to appear at top-tier auction houses. Andy Warhol Ten Portraits of Jews of the Twentieth Century prints for sale at Guy Hepner are available individually or as complete sets. Contact our team for current inventory.
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Debuting at New York's Jewish Museum in 1980, this ten-print portfolio depicts influential twentieth-century Jewish figures across science, politics, literature and entertainment, including Einstein, Freud, Kafka and Gershwin.
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Five Facts About Andy Warhol Ten Portraits of Jews of the Twentieth Century
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Ten Portraits of Jews of the Twentieth Century is a 1980 portfolio of ten screenprints commissioned from Warhol by art dealer Ronald Feldman.
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The subjects were selected by Feldman in consultation with staff at the Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington and include Albert Einstein, Sigmund Freud, Franz Kafka, Golda Meir, George Gershwin, Sarah Bernhardt, Louis Brandeis, Martin Buber, Gertrude Stein, and the Marx Brothers.
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Photographer Trude Fleischmann provided Warhol with a signed portrait of Einstein free of charge to use as a source image.
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The screenprints, printed on Lenox Museum Board at 40 x 32 inches each, were issued in an edition of 200.
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The series debuted at the Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington in March 1980 and was later shown at New York's Jewish Museum from September 1980 to January 1981.
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