Coming alive in wonderful shades of red, orange, and blue Andy Warhol Northwest Coast Mask from the Cowboys and Indians series, 1986 makes a direct impression on the viewer. The beautiful details of this tribal mask come to life from the serious face to the animals that join together above the head to form a crowning shape. Warhol’s famous Cowboys and Indians series took famous imagery from the American West and brightly colorized it, like he did with other images from advertising and pop culture. Part of this series included taking Native American stereotypes and placing them next to portraits of American Western ‘heroes’ such as Annie Oakley and John Wayne. By doing so, Warhol challenges popular ideas about the American West and stereotypes that were held at the time.

Created in 1986, this screenprint in colors on Lenox Museum Board is hand signed by Andy Warhol (Pennsylvania, 1928 - New York, 1987) in pencil in the lower right. A unique work inscribed ‘TP’ (trial proof), this screenprint is numbered from 36; aside from the edition of 250; published by Gaultney-Klineman Art Inc., New York; printed Rupert Jasen Smith, New York.

Catalogue Raisonné & COA:
Andy Warhol Northwest Coast Mask from the Cowboys and Indians series, 1986 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 sale of the work).

1. Feldman, Frayda and Jörg Schellmann. A Catalogue Raisonne;. 4th ed. New York: Distributed Art Publishers, Inc., 2003. Other variants are listed and illustrated as catalogue raisonné IIB.380 on pg. 206.
2. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany this artwork.

About the Framing:
Framed to museum-grade, conservation standards, Andy Warhol Northwest Coast Mask from the Cowboys and Indians series, 1986 is presented in a complementary moulding and finished with silk-wrapped mats and optical grade Plexiglas.