In The Bottom Of My Garden 7 (F. & S. IV.91)
In The Bottom Of My Garden 7 (F. & S. IV.91)
Unsigned Print
Andy Warhol
22 x 28cm, Lithograph, 1956
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Meaning & Analysis
Andy Warhol's In The Bottom Of My Garden 7 (F. & S. IV.91) from 1956 is an unsigned lithograph from his early illustrated book In The Bottom Of My Garden. Created during his career as a commercial illustrator in New York, the work belongs to a series of whimsical illustrations featuring fairies, cherubs and imaginary garden scenes. Its delicate linework and playful subject matter reveal a lesser-known aspect of Warhol's artistic practice, preceding the celebrity portraits and consumer imagery that would define his later Pop Art career.
Created in 1956, Andy Warhol's In The Bottom Of My Garden 7 (F. & S. IV.91) belongs to his illustrated artist's book In The Bottom Of My Garden, a collection of fantastical images inspired by fairy tales, childhood imagination and decorative illustration. Produced during Warhol's successful career as a commercial artist, the project reflects his early experimentation with printmaking and book design.
The illustrations feature fairies, cherubs and botanical imagery, rendered through the expressive, irregular outlines associated with Warhol's blotted-line technique. Their playful appearance draws on the visual conventions of children's storybooks, although the imagery also contains subtle references to adult themes. The book combines offset lithography with selective hand-colouring, allowing individual impressions to vary while retaining their underlying printed compositions.
The project also reflects Warhol's collaboration with his mother, Julia Warhola, whose distinctive calligraphy appeared in several of his early publications. Through its combination of fantasy, illustration and mechanical reproduction, the In The Bottom Of My Garden series offers an insight into Warhol's artistic development before his emergence as a leading figure of Pop Art in the 1960s.
