Not on display
- Artist
- Andy Warhol 1928–1987
- Medium
- Acrylic paint and silkscreen on 2 canvases
- Dimensions
- Support, each: 2034 x 1476 x 33 mm
- Collection
- ARTIST ROOMS Tate and National Galleries of Scotland
- Acquisition
- ARTIST ROOMS Acquired jointly with the National Galleries of Scotland through The d'Offay Donation with assistance from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and the Art Fund 2008
- Reference
- AR00588
Online caption
During the mid 1980s Warhol returned to the newspaper adverts that had informed his paintings in the early 1960s. He created a group of works called ‘Ads and Illustrations’ that differed from his photographic screenprints and highly stylised images of celebrities. They are mostly black and white and were created by tracing the original adverts by hand, which creates a looser, graphic quality. During the 1980s the U.S.A. was still in the depths of the Cold War. Within this context three themes emerge in these paintings: war, death and religion. This diptych suggests the American army’s readiness to face the enemy should war breakout.
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