FLASH (FS II.42) BY ANDY WARHOL

Artist: WARHOL, ANDY Title: FLASH - NOVEMBER 22, 1963 (FS II. 42) Retail Price: $26,000.00 Gallery Price: $21,900.00 Size: 21 X 21 INCHES Year: 1968 Medium: SCREENPRINT Edition: OF 200 Description: Hand signed on verso by the artist. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of authenticity included. All reasonable offers will be considered. Warhol’s Flash 42 is part of a portfolio of eleven different screenprints based on the assassination of President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963. The piece was named for all the “news flash” texts that were being broadcast at the time. All of the prints were based on campaign posters, mass-media photographs, and advertisements. The prints were presented next to Teletype text taken straight from news sources. The title Flash – November 22, 1963 represents the date of the assassination and the constant news attention about the event. Flash 42 features an inverted image of President Kennedy’s campaign p