Provenance
Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York; Private collection, London
Catalogue Essay
Some people, even intelligent people, say that violence can be beautiful. I can't understand that, because beautiful is some moments, and for me those moments are never violent. (A. Warhol, quoted in K. Honnef, Andy Warhol 1928-1987: Commerce into Art, Cologne, 2000, p. 58)
The Guns and Knives paintings are stark reminders of the violent society we lived in then and now. Having nearly been killed by a handgun Andy was able to make paintings of guns as iconic objects. In order to choose which guns he would use we made calls to friends who might know someone with a gun…Finally after looking at the different polaroids, he decided to use high- contrast reproductions of certain handguns, like a sport king (long rifle) and a HI-Standard.22 Cal (snub-nosed gun) from sporting magazines.(V.Fremont, Cast a Cold Eye: The Late Works of Andy Warhol, New York, 2006)
Artist Biography
Andy Warhol
American • 1928 - 1987
Andy Warhol was the leading exponent of the Pop Art movement in the U.S. in the 1960s. Following an early career as a commercial illustrator, Warhol achieved fame with his revolutionary series of silkscreened prints and paintings of familiar objects, such as Campbell's soup tins, and celebrities, such as Marilyn Monroe. Obsessed with popular culture, celebrity and advertising, Warhol created his slick, seemingly mass-produced images of everyday subject matter from his famed Factory studio in New York City. His use of mechanical methods of reproduction, notably the commercial technique of silk screening, wholly revolutionized art-making.
Working as an artist, but also director and producer, Warhol produced a number of avant-garde films in addition to managing the experimental rock band The Velvet Underground and founding Interview magazine. A central figure in the New York art scene until his untimely death in 1987, Warhol was notably also a mentor to such artists as Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat.

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Andy Warhol

Five Guns

1983
Synthetic polymer paint and silkscreen inks on canvas.
40.7 x 50.7 cm. (16 x 20 in).
Stamped twice with The Estate of Andy Warhol and with The Andy Warhol Foundation Seals; numbered twice 'PA15.033' on the overlap.

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Untitled
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Mark Grotjahn
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Mario Merz
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Seen in the distance
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Andy Warhol
Five Guns
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That Was Then This Is Now
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Richard Prince
Spiritual America IV
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Jack Goldstein
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Thomas Schütte
Stahlfrau Nr. 7 (Steel Woman no. 7)
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Robert Rauschenberg
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Zhang Xiaogang
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Doric
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Gerhard Richter
Schatten 6
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Cemetery
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Passing/Posing - St. Helena
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Art
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Your Dog
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Anselm Reyle
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Feng Zhengjie
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