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Untitled (Skeletons)

Artist Andy Warhol (American, 1928-1987)

CultureAmerican

Date1976-1986

MediumGelatin silver prints

DimensionsOverall, Frame: 37 1/8 × 30 3/4 in. (94.3 × 78.1 cm)
Overall, Image: 27 1/4 × 21 1/4 in. (69.2 × 54 cm)

SignedOn the verso there is a facsimile signature with copyright; signed, dated and authenticated by Frederick Hughes.

Credit LinePurchase, Horace W. Goldsmith and Art Purchase Funds

Object number95.39.2

Not on view

DescriptionThis is a gelatin silver print of skeletons. The top and bottom are mirror each other - there are sixteen skeletons on the print, 8 on each level.

Label TextAndy Warhol American, 1930–1987 Untitled (Skeletons), 1976–86 Gelatin silver prints (photographs) Andy Warhol included Untitled (Skeletons) in a body of photographic work that he completed shortly before his death. His use of repeating imagery encourages us to examine both the individual photographs and the overall work. Warhol’s technique of sewing the photographs together with thread further emphasizes the relationship between the whole and its parts. It also strikes a tension between the mechanical and the handmade. The work relies on a reproducible photographic process, but sewing the prints together makes it a unique object, even while the stitching was done by machine. Museum purchase, Horace W. Goldsmith Endowment and Art Purchase Funds 95.39.2 Exhibition History"Treasures for the Community: The Chrysler Collects, 1989-1996," October 25, 1996 - March 2, 1997