Self-Portrait (F. & S. II.16)
Self-Portrait (F. & S. II.16)
Signed Print
Andy Warhol
58 x 58cm, Edition of 300, Lithograph, 1966
£11,000-£17,000
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Meaning & Analysis
Self-Portrait (F. & S. II.16) is a 1966 lithograph by Andy Warhol depicting the artist in a close-up three-quarter view, hand raised to his chin, rendered in high-contrast black and white. Produced the same year as the first Flowers editions and the Cow wallpaper, it is among Warhol’s most significant self-portraits. The work is signed and from an edition of 300.
Warhol made several self-portraits across his career, returning to his own image with the same serialising instinct he applied to celebrity faces and commercial objects. The 1966 self-portrait sits at a pivotal moment: Warhol had already established the core vocabulary of Pop art and was beginning to extend his practice toward film, performance, and the Factory as a cultural institution in its own right.
Self-Portrait (F. & S. II.16) uses photolithographic process to produce a high-contrast image of the artist’s face. The pose — head slightly turned, one hand raised to the chin — is studied and deliberate, the artist presenting himself as an image to be examined rather than a person to be known. Heavy shadow fills the left side of the composition; the right side is lit. The grain of the photographic process is visible throughout, embedding the work in the mechanical reproduction language that defined his practice from the early 1960s onward. The gaze is slightly averted, which, combined with the hand-to-chin gesture, produces a quality of studied withdrawal that became characteristic of Warhol’s public persona.
The edition of 300 made the work more accessible than many Warhol prints of the period. The 1966 self-portrait series remains among the most historically significant works in his catalogue.
