Hans Christian Andersen (F. & S. II.401)
Hans Christian Andersen (F. & S. II.401)
Signed Print
Andy Warhol
97 x 97cm, Edition of 25, Screenprint, 1978
£3,300-£5,000
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Meaning & Analysis
Hans Christian Andersen (F. & S. II.401) is a screenprint by Andy Warhol depicting a large stylised snowman figure with arms outstretched and two smaller figures at its base, rendered as white silhouette against a near-black ground with orange, red, and green outlines. The fourth and final print in Warhol’s Hans Christian Andersen series, it is from a signed edition of 25.
F. & S. II.401 closes the Hans Christian Andersen series with an image referencing The Snow Man, one of Andersen’s most melancholic tales. The snowman is rendered as a large flat white silhouette — simple face, heart shapes cut into the torso, wide arms raised in a gesture that reads as both welcome and permanence. Two small figures at the base frame the central form, their scale making the snowman monumental against the dark ground.
The image draws on the visual tradition of paper cutting, a craft closely associated with Andersen himself, who was known for making intricate silhouette cuttings. The white-on-black composition recalls the silhouette’s characteristic aesthetic — form without interior, presence established by outline alone. Orange and green accent marks at the figure’s edges introduce colour without dissolving the silhouette effect, preventing the image from reading as purely graphic. The right side of the ground carries gestural dark marks suggesting winter wind or encroaching thaw.
