Self Portrait

Referencing

Andy Warhol, Self-portrait – 1963. Medium: Paint on canvas, Size: Dimensions: 208.3 cm × 208.3 cm (82.0 in × 82.0 in), Location: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

5 Unique Facts about the Work

-          For this artwork, Warhol used a silkscreen image of himself

-          Warhol’s image is like a single and dramatic paint-splash on a black canvas

-          This was the last exhibit done by Warhol, in 1986

-          Self-portraits derived from polaroid photographs taken by Benjamin Liu, operating under Warhol's instructions

-          The pictures were taken while he was sitting in the stairwell outside his studio