Andy Warhol (1928-1987)


Alfred Hitchcock (F./S. lllB.14), 1983Unique screenprint in colors, on Saunders Waterford (Hot Pressed) paper, with the Estate and Foundation of Andy Warhol ink stamps on verso, printed by Rupert Jasen Smith, New York, with full margins, framed.20 3/8 x 16 1/4in (51.1 x 41.3cm)sheet 30 1/2 x 20 5/8in (77.4 x 52.3cm)
|In 1983 Warhol was commissioned by Vanity Fair magazine to create a portrait of Alfred Hitchcock for an article entitled "The Trouble with Alfred" by Walter Clemons, March, 1983 (pp.85-87). This unique screenprint is illustrated on page 262 of the catalogue raisonne of the artist's prints: ANDY WARHOL, FRAYDA FELDMAN, JÖRG SCHELLMANN, CLAUDIA DEFENDI. Andy Warhol Prints: A Catalogue Raisonné, 1962-1987. New York: D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers, 2003.