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| == Background == | == Background == | ||
| In May 1974, pop artist Andy Warhol was approached by Italian dealer Luciano Anselmino in ] about commissioning a series of large-edition prints and maybe paintings.{{Sfn|Colacello|1990|p=221}} Anselmino recommended that Warhol paint portraits of drag queens.{{Sfn|Colacello|1990|p=221}} According to ], who was the editor Interview magazine, Warhol said, "'Drag queens were out,' but Anselmino persisted, suggesting portraits of Candy, Jackie, and Holly. Andy said Candy was dead, and Jackie and Holly would drive him crazy, asking for more money every time they heard one had sold."{{Sfn|Colacello|1990|p=221}} Anselmino was asked by Warhol to come up with another idea, but later that day he brought up drag queens once more and said, "They shouldn't be beautiful transvestites who could pass for women, but funny-looking ones, with beards, who were obviously men trying to pass."{{Sfn|Colacello|1990|p=221}} Warhol reluctantly agreed and suggested that he could photograph Colacello. Even though Warhol offered to give him a portrait, Colacello insisted that he didn't want to be immortalized in drag.{{Sfn|Colacello|1990|p=222}} | In May 1974, pop artist Andy Warhol was approached by Italian dealer Luciano Anselmino in ] about commissioning a series of large-edition prints and maybe paintings.{{Sfn|Colacello|1990|p=221}} Anselmino recommended that Warhol paint portraits of drag queens.{{Sfn|Colacello|1990|p=221}} According to ], who was the editor Interview magazine, Warhol said, "'Drag queens were out,' but Anselmino persisted, suggesting portraits of ], ], and ]. Andy said Candy was dead, and Jackie and Holly would drive him crazy, asking for more money every time they heard one had sold."{{Sfn|Colacello|1990|p=221}} Anselmino was asked by Warhol to come up with another idea, but later that day he brought up drag queens once more and said, "They shouldn't be beautiful transvestites who could pass for women, but funny-looking ones, with beards, who were obviously men trying to pass."{{Sfn|Colacello|1990|p=221}} Warhol reluctantly agreed and suggested that he could photograph Colacello. Even though Warhol offered to give him a portrait, Colacello insisted that he didn't want to be immortalized in drag.{{Sfn|Colacello|1990|p=222}} | ||
| During another trip to Europe in July 1974, Warhol's manager Fred Hughes brought Anselmino along.{{Sfn|Colacello|1990|p=227}} Anselmino informed Warhol that he had secured funding for the Drag Queen series, several hundred thousand dollars, as well as a museum in Ferrera, the Palazzo |
During another trip to Europe in July 1974, Warhol's manager ] brought Anselmino along.{{Sfn|Colacello|1990|p=227}} Anselmino informed Warhol that he had secured funding for the ''Drag Queen'' series, several hundred thousand dollars, as well as a museum in Ferrera, the ], to display it. Upson returning to New York later that month, Colacello posed in drag for Warhol at ], but Warhol decided the photos were "unusable."<ref>{{Cite web |title=November 2010 Daily Warhol Film and Video Screenings |url=https://www.warhol.org/events/november-2010-daily-warhol-film-and-video-screenings/ |access-date=2025-01-06 |website=The Andy Warhol Museum |language=en-US}}</ref>{{Sfn|Colacello|1990|p=228}} | ||
| Colacello along with Warhol's assistant ], and ], the manager of the Factory, found models for the series at the Gilded Grape, which was popular nightclub in the transgender community, near ] in New York.{{Sfn|Colacello|1990|p=228}} They would ask potential models to pose for "a friend" for $50 |
Colacello along with Warhol's assistant ], and ], the manager of the Factory, found models for the series at the Gilded Grape, which was popular nightclub in the transgender community, near ] in New York.{{Sfn|Colacello|1990|p=228}} They would ask potential models to pose for "a friend" for $50 per half-hour. The following day, they would show up at the Factory, where Warhol, whom they never named, would take their Polaroids. Some of the models would say, "Tell your friend I do a lot more for fifty bucks" the following time they saw them at the Gilded Grape.{{Sfn|Colacello|1990|p=228}} | ||
| On January 2, 1975, it was reported that Warhol was working on a series of portraits of ].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Adams Sloan |first=Robin |date=1975-01-02 |title=The Gossip Column |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-andy-warhol-working-on-ladies/162395961/ |access-date=2025-01-06 |work=Daily News |location=Bogalusa, LA |pages=2}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Adams Sloan |first=Robin |date=1975-01-02 |title=The Gossip Column |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/post-bulletin-andy-warhol-working-on-lad/162396360/ |access-date=2025-01-06 |work=Post-Bulletin |pages=22}}</ref> | |||
| == Subjects == | == Subjects == | ||
| The identity of 13 of the 14 |
The identity of 13 of the 14 models photographed are known:<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bromovsky |first=Jess |date=August 30, 2024 |title=A Look at Andy Warhol's Ladies and Gentleman Series |url=https://www.myartbroker.com/artist-andy-warhol/articles/warhol-ladies-and-gentleman-article |access-date=2025-01-06 |website=MyArtBroker |language=en}}</ref> | ||
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| == Exhibitions == | == Exhibitions == | ||
| A few portraits from the series were included in the retrospective of Warhol's artwork, ''Andy Warhol: Paintings 1962-1975'', at the ] from July 1975 to September 1975.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Johnson |first=Lincoln F. |date=1975-08-07 |title=Why take Warhol so seriously when he's really just fun |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-baltimore-sun-andy-warhol-retrospect/162395662/ |access-date=2025-01-06 |work=The Sun |location=Baltimore, MD |pages=B1}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Gold |first=Barbara |date=1975-07-27 |title=Public has caught up with Warhol |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-baltimore-sun-review-of-andy-warhol/162395792/ |access-date=2025-01-06 |work=The Sun |pages=D2 |publication-place=Baltimore, MD}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Dorsey |first=John |date=1975-07-20 |title=Andy is dandy but bulky, not talky |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-baltimore-sun-andy-warhol-interview/162395867/ |access-date=2025-01-06 |work=The Sunday Sun |location=Baltimore, MD |pages=Section D}}</ref> | |||
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| The complete series was displayed at the ] in ] from October 1975 to December 1975.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kazickas |first=Jurate |date=1975-09-03 |title=Celebrity Chasing Warhol's Bag |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-olympian-andy-warhol-interview/162392715/ |access-date=2025-01-06 |work=The Olympian |pages=B7}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-03-30 |title=Pasolini Warhol 1975: una conversazione con Alessandro Del Puppo {{!}} |url=https://flash---art.it/2021/03/pasolini-warhol-1975-alessandro-del-puppo/ |access-date=2025-01-06 |website=Flash Art |language=it-IT}}</ref> An accompanied book of prints, ''Ladies and Gentlemen'', was published by Gabriele Mazzotta in Milan.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Flatley |first=Jonathan |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Like_Andy_Warhol/J-Y8DwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Ladies+and+Gentlemen+1975+mazzotta&pg=PA223-IA9&printsec=frontcover |title=Like Andy Warhol |date=2017-11-24 |publisher=University of Chicago Press |isbn=978-0-226-50560-2 |pages=220 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Andy Warhol - Ladies and Gentlemen - Mazzotta 1975 sold! View the auction result. {{!}} Kunstveiling.be |url=https://www.kunstveiling.be/en/items/andy-warhol-ladies-and-gentlemen-mazzotta-1975/458374 |access-date=2025-01-06 |website=www.kunstveiling.be |language=en-BE}}</ref> | |||
| Two portraits from the series were included in an exhibition of Warhol's artwork at the Greenberg Gallery in ] from October 1975 to December 1975.<ref>{{Cite news |last=King |first=Mary |date=1975-10-31 |title=Greenberg Shows Warhol Portraits |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/st-louis-post-dispatch-andy-warhol-exhi/162392625/ |access-date=2025-01-06 |work=St. Louis Post-Dispatch |pages=4B}}</ref> | |||
| In 1994, the Baltimore Museum of Art acquired two portraits from the series.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dorsey |first=John |date=1994-05-05 |title=BMA acquires 18 Warhols |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/1994/05/05/bma-acquires-18-warhols/ |access-date=2025-01-06 |website=Baltimore Sun |language=en-US}}</ref> | |||
| ⚫ | In 2020, the series was shown at the ] in London.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-03-10 |title=Rare Andy Warhol drag queen portraits go on show in Tate Modern exhibition |url=https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2020/03/10/rare-andy-warhol-drag-queen-portraits-go-on-show-in-tate-modern-exhibition |access-date=2025-01-06 |website=The Art Newspaper - International art news and events}}</ref> | ||
| == Bibliography == | == Bibliography == | ||
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| == References == | == References == | ||
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Ladies and Gentlemen is a 1975 series of paintings by Andy Warhol. Commissioned by Italian dealer Luciano Anselmino in 1974, the paintings depict Black American and Latinx transgender women and drag queens.
Background
In May 1974, pop artist Andy Warhol was approached by Italian dealer Luciano Anselmino in Torino about commissioning a series of large-edition prints and maybe paintings. Anselmino recommended that Warhol paint portraits of drag queens. According to Bob Colacello, who was the editor Interview magazine, Warhol said, "'Drag queens were out,' but Anselmino persisted, suggesting portraits of Candy, Jackie, and Holly. Andy said Candy was dead, and Jackie and Holly would drive him crazy, asking for more money every time they heard one had sold." Anselmino was asked by Warhol to come up with another idea, but later that day he brought up drag queens once more and said, "They shouldn't be beautiful transvestites who could pass for women, but funny-looking ones, with beards, who were obviously men trying to pass." Warhol reluctantly agreed and suggested that he could photograph Colacello. Even though Warhol offered to give him a portrait, Colacello insisted that he didn't want to be immortalized in drag.
During another trip to Europe in July 1974, Warhol's manager Fred Hughes brought Anselmino along. Anselmino informed Warhol that he had secured funding for the Drag Queen series, several hundred thousand dollars, as well as a museum in Ferrera, the Palazzo dei Diamanti, to display it. Upson returning to New York later that month, Colacello posed in drag for Warhol at the Factory, but Warhol decided the photos were "unusable."
Colacello along with Warhol's assistant Ronnie Cutrone, and Vincent Fremont, the manager of the Factory, found models for the series at the Gilded Grape, which was popular nightclub in the transgender community, near Times Square in New York. They would ask potential models to pose for "a friend" for $50 per half-hour. The following day, they would show up at the Factory, where Warhol, whom they never named, would take their Polaroids. Some of the models would say, "Tell your friend I do a lot more for fifty bucks" the following time they saw them at the Gilded Grape.
On January 2, 1975, it was reported that Warhol was working on a series of portraits of transvestites.
Subjects
The identity of 13 of the 14 models photographed are known:
- Marsha P. Johnson
- Alphanso Panell
- Iris
- Wilhelmina Ross
- Broadway
- Easha McCleary
- Helen/Harry Morales
- Ivette
- Kim
- Lurdes
- Michele Long
- Monique and Vicki Peters
Exhibitions
A few portraits from the series were included in the retrospective of Warhol's artwork, Andy Warhol: Paintings 1962-1975, at the Baltimore Museum of Art from July 1975 to September 1975.
The complete series was displayed at the Palazzo dei Diamanti in Ferrara from October 1975 to December 1975. An accompanied book of prints, Ladies and Gentlemen, was published by Gabriele Mazzotta in Milan.
Two portraits from the series were included in an exhibition of Warhol's artwork at the Greenberg Gallery in Clayton, Missouri from October 1975 to December 1975.
In 1994, the Baltimore Museum of Art acquired two portraits from the series.
In 2020, the series was shown at the Tate Modern in London.
Bibliography
- Colacello, Bob (1990). Holy Terror: Andy Warhol Close Up. New York: HarperCollins. ISBN 9780060164195.
References
- ^ Colacello 1990, p. 221.
- Colacello 1990, p. 222.
- Colacello 1990, p. 227.
- "November 2010 Daily Warhol Film and Video Screenings". The Andy Warhol Museum. Retrieved 2025-01-06.
- ^ Colacello 1990, p. 228.
- Adams Sloan, Robin (1975-01-02). "The Gossip Column". Daily News. Bogalusa, LA. p. 2. Retrieved 2025-01-06.
- Adams Sloan, Robin (1975-01-02). "The Gossip Column". Post-Bulletin. p. 22. Retrieved 2025-01-06.
- Bromovsky, Jess (August 30, 2024). "A Look at Andy Warhol's Ladies and Gentleman Series". MyArtBroker. Retrieved 2025-01-06.
- Johnson, Lincoln F. (1975-08-07). "Why take Warhol so seriously when he's really just fun". The Sun. Baltimore, MD. pp. B1. Retrieved 2025-01-06.
- Gold, Barbara (1975-07-27). "Public has caught up with Warhol". The Sun. Baltimore, MD. pp. D2. Retrieved 2025-01-06.
- Dorsey, John (1975-07-20). "Andy is dandy but bulky, not talky". The Sunday Sun. Baltimore, MD. pp. Section D. Retrieved 2025-01-06.
- Kazickas, Jurate (1975-09-03). "Celebrity Chasing Warhol's Bag". The Olympian. pp. B7. Retrieved 2025-01-06.
- "Pasolini Warhol 1975: una conversazione con Alessandro Del Puppo |". Flash Art (in Italian). 2021-03-30. Retrieved 2025-01-06.
- Flatley, Jonathan (2017-11-24). Like Andy Warhol. University of Chicago Press. p. 220. ISBN 978-0-226-50560-2.
- "Andy Warhol - Ladies and Gentlemen - Mazzotta 1975 sold! View the auction result. | Kunstveiling.be". www.kunstveiling.be. Retrieved 2025-01-06.
- King, Mary (1975-10-31). "Greenberg Shows Warhol Portraits". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. pp. 4B. Retrieved 2025-01-06.
- Dorsey, John (1994-05-05). "BMA acquires 18 Warhols". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 2025-01-06.
- "Rare Andy Warhol drag queen portraits go on show in Tate Modern exhibition". The Art Newspaper - International art news and events. 2020-03-10. Retrieved 2025-01-06.
