Andy Warhol (Pennsylvania, 1928 - New York, 1987), depicts Judy Garland not as the wide-eyed teenager that America fell for in "The Wizard of Oz" (1939), but as a mature, soulful woman confidently meeting the viewer's gaze. Crowning her with the reddest hair against a background of sunshine yellow, Warhol references in this original color screenprint the red pigtails and yellow brick road that made the film famous. Set apart from the numbered edition of Blackglama (Judy Garland), our version is a unique color variant created by Warhol. When compared to the edition's black hues, our work's one-of-a-kind coloring shows the best qualities of this Pop Art portrait. The artist places Garland right of center in a relaxed, three quarter profile view, skin awash in the white light glow of a movie set. Blackglama (Judy Garland) reframes the glamour and romance of the early years of cinema within Warhol's idealized and ironic take on screenprints.

"Please do not lick this page!" reads the caption on Life Savers, another screenprint from the "Ads" portfolio, capturing both the irreverence and efficacy of advertising. Warhol reminds us that Garland, like a candy or famous perfume, stakes her career on name recognition, a commodity in itself. The silver-haired artist from the silver factory understands this better than most.

Created in 1985, this original screenprint is a unique color variant according to Feldman & Schellmann, one of 30 Trial Proofs produced aside from the larger final edition of Artist's Proofs, Printer's Proofs, Exhibition Proofs, Hors Commerce and bon à tirer prints. Blackglama (Judy Garland) is part of a portfolio of ten screenprints entitled Ads that also includes Rebel Without a Cause (James Dean) and The New Spirit (Donald Duck). The impression is on Lenox Museum Board, an American, machine-made cotton paper that is both buffered and Cold Pressed (Feldman & Schellmann, 41).

Catalogue Raisonné & COA:
This work is fully documented and referenced in the below catalogue raisonnés and texts (copies will be enclosed as added documentation with the invoices that will accompany the final sale of the work).

1. Feldman, Frayda and Jörg Schellmann, A Catalogue Raisonne, 4th ed. Listed as catalogue raisonné no. IIB.350-359 on pp. 198-200; further detailed on pp. 146-47.

2. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany this work.

About the Framing:
This work is framed to museum-grade, conservation standards, presented in a complimentary moulding and finished with silk-wrapped mats and optical grade Plexiglas.