Flowers (black and white) (F. & S. II.106)
Flowers (black and white) (F. & S. II.106)
Signed Print
Andy Warhol
103 x 70cm, Edition of 100, Screenprint, 1974
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Meaning & Analysis
Flowers (black and white) (F. & S. II.106) is a signed print by Andy Warhol, published by Castelli Graphics in 1974 in an edition of 100. Screenprinted in black on white paper, it shows two spiky blooms resting in a shallow round dish, crossed by long straight stems that zigzag across the sheet. It belongs to the Flowers (hand-coloured) series.
At the left of Flowers (black and white) (F. & S. II.106), two spiky, thistle-like blooms sit one above the other, with a broad leaf curling out beside them. Long, straight stems cross the arrangement and run towards the right edge, meeting at sharp angles to form a zigzag of triangles. Beneath, the flowers rest in a shallow round dish drawn in a single curving line, with quick zigzag strokes for its shadow. A faint horizontal line marks the table edge. The lower half of the sheet is left bare apart from Warhol’s signature at the lower right.
The Flowers (hand-coloured) series pairs this black and white set with a version of the same ten images to which Warhol added watercolour. To make the images, Warhol traced floral pictures from wallpaper samples and from a flower-arranging book, using a projector, and kept the hand-drawn line rather than his usual photographic method. Among the ten sheets, II.106 is one of the most abstract. The sharp geometry of the stems almost outweighs the flowers themselves.
