Queen Elizabeth II (F. & S. II.337)
Queen Elizabeth II (F. & S. II.337)
Signed Print
Andy Warhol
100 x 80cm, Edition of 40, Screenprint, 1985
£100,000-£150,000
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Meaning & Analysis
Queen Elizabeth II (F. & S. II.337) is a signed screenprint by Andy Warhol, made in 1985 in an edition of 40. It shows the Queen wearing a tiara, pearl necklace and sash, her face split into pale grey and peach against a deep blue ground, with blocks of pink and red to either side. It belongs to the Reigning Queens series.
In Queen Elizabeth II (F. & S. II.337), the Queen faces the viewer, her hair set beneath a tiara printed in pale lime green and outlined in red. Her face is divided vertically, peach on the left and cool grey on the right, with blue eyes and red lips. Thin red lines trace her features and ear, slightly out of step with the shapes beneath. A long pearl necklace, also in lime, hangs over a white gown, and an orange sash crosses her shoulder, holding a small portrait badge. Behind her, the ground is a deep, flat blue, interrupted by a pink block at the left and a red block at the right.
The Reigning Queens series features four ruling queens of the time: Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, Beatrix of the Netherlands, Margrethe II of Denmark and Ntombi Twala of Swaziland. Each appears in four colourways. Warhol based this image on the Queen’s official Silver Jubilee portrait, and applied the same treatment he had given to film stars, turning a formal royal photograph into a bold, colour-blocked icon. Elizabeth II is the best known of the four queens, her portraits are the most widely recognised works in the series.
