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Autoritratto

Andy Warhol American
1979
Not on view
Gran parte dell’opera di Warhol si può leggere come una meditazione sulla caducità della vita, dai famosi ritratti della stoica sofferenza di Jacqueline Kennedy ai dipinti di teschi eseguiti intorno alla metà degli anni Settanta. Qui l’artista, con gli occhi chiusi e un pallore spettrale, appare come un santo martire, in bilico tra le agonie della carne e la bianca luce accecante dell’aldilà. Priva dell’artificio di molti dei suoi autoritratti, questa affascinante immagine pare rimandare all’attentato perpetrato contro di lui nel 1968 e al contempo preannunciare in modo inquietante la sua morte prematura.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Titolo: Autoritratto
  • Artista: Andy Warhol, Americano, 1928-1987
  • Data: 1979
  • Materiale e tecnica: Stampa istantanea a colori
  • Dimensioni: 61 x 50,8 cm
  • Crediti: Acquistato, donazione di The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, donazione di Joyce e Robert Menschel e Rogers Fund, 1995
  • Numero d'inventario: 1995.251
  • Curatorial Department: Photographs

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