| Presentation | Signed and numbered Edition of 250 |
|---|---|
| Created | 1986 |
| Size | 36×36 |
| Medium | Screen print on Lenox Museum Board |
| Signed | Yes |
| Genre | Pop |
Kachina Dolls by Andy Warhol
Kachina Dolls by Andy Warhol
In 1986 Andy Warhol created the Cowboys and Indians portfolio. In this portfolio, Andy Warhol depicts the popular version of American Western history. Strategically placing icons such as General Custer, Annie Oakley and Geronimo together in one portfolio, these ten silkscreens by Andy Warhol are intended to challenge and expose the controversies surrounding America’s perception of cowboys and indians.
Description
Kachina Dolls by Andy Warhol
This print depicts Kachina Dolls, which were commonly made by Native American tribes in the Southwest region of the US. The dolls were made of cottonwood root and used in coming of age rituals to instruct young women about the spirits who control the natural world.
arhol interspersed recognizable portraits of well-known American “heroes”–John Wayne, Annie Oakley, Teddy Roosevelt, and General George Custer–with less familiar Native American images and motifs in his ironic commentary on Americans’ collective mythologizing of the historic West. Rather than portraying Native Americans within their historical landscape, or Cowboys in their veritable forms, Warhol chose to portray a popular, romanticized version of the American West. The West that he chose to represent is familiar to everyone and can be seen in novels, films, TV series. Warhol’s Cowboys and Indians Suite is an ahistorical representation that mirrors a popular interpretation of the American West.
Andy Warhol created the Cowboys and Indians series during the mid-1980s, arguably his most prolific period. During this time, Warhol was forming bonds with a number of younger artists in the New York art scene including Jean-Michel Basquiat, Julian Schnabel and David Salle. Warhol saw a re-emergence of critical and financial success during this period of his life.
