Mao Hot Red
by Sunday B Morning

Description

Sunday B. Morning

Mao Hot Red

Screen print with archival inks on museum board

Open edition

91.4cm x 91.4cm

This piece has been framed in a bespoke frame. Please ask the gallery for further details regarding the size.

The blue stamp prints were released after the black stamp prints from the 1980s onwards.

In 1967 Andy Warhol began work on his now iconic ‘Maon’ series.

In 1970 Warhol began discussions with two anonymous Belgian friends regarding a second series of prints, with the idea behind this partnership being a commentary on mass production – one of the themes of Warhol’s art. At some point during these talks, the collaboration fell apart, for reasons that remain unknown. But by this point, the Belgians already had the original Factory photo negatives (which the stencils are made from) and the colour codes required to make the stencils and the prints. Sunday B Morning began printing regardless and the prints were released in 1970 with a black stamp on the back that read ‘Fill In Your Own Signature’. There is a debate as to whether that idea was originally Warhol’s, and it seems likely given his ‘Famous for 15 minutes’ concepts. History also stands divided as to whether or not Warhol was pleased with the prints – it did after all, tie in with his ideas on mass production.