Cars (painting)
Mercedes-Benz Typ C 111 Versuchswagen, 1970 | |
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silk screens | |
Location | Mercedes-Benz' corporate art collection, Stuttgart, Germany |
Cars is a series of artworks by the American artist Andy Warhol, commissioned by Mercedes-Benz in 1986.
A German art dealer, Hans Meyer, commissioned the first painting, of a
Now part of Mercedes-Benz's corporate art collection, Cars was unfinished at the time of Warhol's death in 1987. Warhol completed 36 silkscreen prints and 13 drawings of eight Mercedes models before his death. Warhol had planned to cover 20 models in 80 pieces. The series was based on photographs of cars, and were the first non-American designed objects that Warhol had portrayed in his work.[1]
Cars has been exhibited just twice in its entirety in public: in
Cars was Warhol's second automotive art project. In 1979 Warhol was commissioned by
Warhol's work for Mercedes-Benz and his similar commissions for Perrier have been criticized as "undistinguished glitz", with critics lamenting Warhol's "passionate avarice", accusing him of crossing the line into advertisements for their subjects.[4]
References
- ^ a b c Kennedy, Maev (2001-09-01). "Warhol's last car pictures get UK showing". The Guardian. Retrieved 2010-05-02.
- ^ "Andy Warhol: Cars" (in German). Albertina. Archived from the original on 2017-08-05. Retrieved 2010-05-02.
- ^ "BMW Art Cars". 2006-03-27. Archived from the original on February 13, 2010. Retrieved 2010-04-27.
- ^ Cooper, Bernard (June 2002), "Quote-Real-Unquote", Los Angeles Magazine, p. 99, retrieved 2010-05-02