Andy Warhol, Untitled 12, 1974 Screenprint on Arches paper A unique trial proof after the edition work "Untitled 12" (see Feldman-Schellmann FS.II.120) With the "Estate of Andy Warhol" and "Authorized by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts" ink stamp in the back and their authentication code annotated in pencil in the back. Certificate of Authenticity on photo issued by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. In extremely good conditions. Published on Feldman-Schellmann "Andy Warhol Prints, a Catalogue Raisonne 1962-1987" with number II.120 pag. 88. Provenance: The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts; Phillips, NY; Verosa Art Gallery collection. The importance of this work among Warhol's overall artistic production is enormous. The subject is a composition of Warhol's most iconic subjects such as Campbell's Soup, Cow, Brillo Box, Flowers and Mona Lisa; all incredibly together in one, single work. What makes this work even more interesting is that it's not a commissioned project. This screenprint belongs to Warhol's personal projects and it can be considered as the first example of the Reversal-Retrospective series that the artist fully developed in 1978, 4 years after the creation of this piece. Finally, the Untitled 12 is the first example of self-referentiality by Warhol. In fact, during the first years of his artistic career, Warhol approach was to take images from several, well known sources: magazines, campaigns, movies, newspapers, ads.... and re-elaborate them to create art. Clear examples of this "appropriation and re-elaboration" approach are the Campbell's Soups, the Marilyns, the Maos... all very popular images that Warhol re-created to transform them into art. In 1974, after 15 years of artistic career, the art of Andy Warhol was so popular and known by the mass that the images he took to create this screenprint were his most famous subjects: Flowers, Campbell's, Cow... Andy Warhol's art in the mid '70s was so popular that it became the basis to create more art. IMPORTANT NOTICE * Please note that some sensible data (e.g. edition numbers and/or archiviation codes) have been removed from the photos to avoid possible forgery. All the removed info can be sent upon specific request. * Shipping outside Italy could take up to 10 working days, due to the release of the export permission issued by the Ministero dei Beni Culturali. #artribuneMAY24