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Mao (Warhol)
1972–73 series of silkscreen paintings by Andy Warhol
Mao (Warhol)
Mao is a series of silkscreen portraits by American artist Andy Warhol, created between 1972 and 1973. The works depict Mao Tse-tung, the leader of the Chinese Communist Party, whose image Warhol transformed from a political symbol into a subject of mass-media-inspired repetition and celebrity imagery. The series includes paintings in varying sizes and a portfolio of 10 screenprints, issued in an edition of 250. Although based on a political figure, the works focus less on Mao's ideology than on the circulation and visual power of his image, continuing Warhol's exploration of cultural icons such as Marilyn Monroe and Jackie Kennedy.
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