Andy Warhol

Young Man with Heart

1954

© 2020 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. / Licensed by DACS, London

License this image

Not on display

Artist: Andy Warhol 1928–1987
Medium: Ink, gold paint and dye on paper
Dimensions: Image: 495 × 355 mm
frame: 680 × 550 × 28 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: AR00260

Online caption

Warhol’s voyeuristic interest in the male body can be seen throughout his oeuvre - including films such as ‘Sleep’ of 1963 and his stitched photographs from 1986. This drawing of a young man is an example of Warhol’s blotted-line technique which he used extensively at this time in his career as a commercial illustrator. However, this drawing is almost certainly not a commission and instead shows his personal interest in depicting young men. ‘Young Man with Heart’ retains the whimsical quality of his commercial work with the figure in profile looking heavenwards, perhaps dreaming, a small love heart balancing on his finger.