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Warhol was fascinated with stardom and fame and often depicted celebrities in his artworks such as Marilyn Monroe and Elvis Presley. The artist was attracted to the glamour and elegance of the celebrity sphere and would often throw parties for the hottest stars and socialites at his New York studio, The Factory. While Warhol’s graphic style stays the same in these prints, the subjects change radically as the sitters of the portraits in Ten Portraits of Jews transcend the realm of surface level fame that Warhol was so obsessed with.

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Ten Portraits Of Jews

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Portraits Of Jews

Here Andy Warhol pays homage to major Jewish figures of the 20thC: Sarah Bernhardt, Louis Brandeis, Martin Buber, Albert Einstein, Sigmund Freud, the Marx Brothers, Golda Meir, George Gershwin, Franz Kafka, and Gertrude Stein. Nicknamed ‘Jewish geniuses’, the series was debuted at the Jewish Museum, New York, 1980.

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The Marx Brothers (F. & S. II.232) Signed Print

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Martin Buber (F. & S. II.228) Signed Print

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Gertrude Stein (F. & S. II.227) Signed Print

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George Gershwin (F. & S. II.231) Signed Print

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Golda Meir (F. & S. II.233) Signed Print

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Sigmund Freud (F. & S. II.235) Signed Print

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Louis Brandeis (F. & S. II.230) Signed Print

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Franz Kafka (F. & S. II.226) Signed Print

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Meaning & Analysis

The prints in Warhol’s Ten Portraits of Jews series each depict a famous Jewish figure of the 20th century from across a range of disciplines. Produced in 1980, each print in the collection depicts a portrait of a renowned Jewish figure from the 20th century. The subjects of the portraits span a wide variety of disciplines, ranging from the sciences to the arts. The sitters comprise of:Sarah Bernhardt the French stage actor; Louis Brandeis, the first Jewish judge to be appointed to the Supreme Court of the United States; Martin Buber, the renowned philosopher; Albert Einstein, the great theoretical physicist; Sigmund Freud, the founder of the psychoanalytic school of psychology; the Marx Brothers, the iconic comedic group; Golda Meir, the first female Prime Minister of Israel; George Gershwin, the American composer; Franz Kafka, the pioneering German writer, and Gertrude Stein, the remarkable American novelist. Warhol nicknamed the collection ‘Jewish geniuses’ due to the significant contributions these figures made to society.

The collection was first exhibited at the Jewish Museum of New York in 1980 and was later displayed at the National Portrait Gallery in London in 2006. The collection was suggested to Warhol by art dealer Ronald Feldman who also chose the subjects of the portraits in consultation with the director of the art gallery of the Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington, Susan Morgenstein.

Warhol was fascinated with stardom and fame and often depicted celebrities in his artworks such as Marilyn Monroe and Elvis Presley. The artist was attracted to the glamour and elegance of the celebrity sphere and would often throw parties for the hottest stars and socialites at his New York studio, The Factory. While Warhol’s graphic style stays the same in these prints, the subjects change radically as the sitters of the portraits in Ten Portraits of Jews transcend the realm of surface level fame that Warhol was so obsessed with.
In many of the prints in the collection Warhol uses colour-fields of layered geometric shapes to form backdrops onto which he layers a photograph of a famous Jewish figure. The faint photographic images contrast with the bright and vibrant backdrops and abstracts the archival photographic images from their original context. In doing this, Warhol generates new meanings and ways of viewing these images. Adding vivid colours and sketch-like lines, Warhol manipulates the contexts in which these historical figures are seen.
The collection captures Warhol’s playful use of colour and excellent draughtsmanship. The use of crayon lines adds a sketch-like quality to the prints and the addition of these lines to the photographs which form the base of the prints results in a tension between photograph and abstraction. Warhol produces a fascinating dialogue between surface and image which prompts interesting questions about the construction of a celebrity’s image and the way in which they are viewed in the public realm versus in real life.
By choosing ten notable figures who have all died and rendering them in a highly contemporary Pop Art style, Warhol memorialised these people and turned them into Pop Art icons whose impressive legacies are masked behind a veneer of modernity. This further leads one to question the way images are manufactured and the difference between a person and their constructed image.
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10 Facts About Andy Warhol's Ten Portraits of Jews

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Franz Kafka (F. & S. II.226) by Andy Warhol

1. Each print in the collection depicts a portrait of a renowned Jewish figure from the 20th century.

The sitters comprise of:Sarah Bernhardt the French stage actor; Louis Brandeis, the first Jewish judge to be appointed to the Supreme Court of the United States; Martin Buber, the renowned philosopher; Albert Einstein, the great theoretical physicist; Sigmund Freud, the founder of the psychoanalytic school of psychology; the Marx Brothers, the iconic comedic group; Golda Meir, the first female Prime Minister of Israel; George Gershwin, the American composer; Franz Kafka, the pioneering German writer, and Gertrude Stein, the remarkable American novelist.

Martin Buber (F. & S. II.228) by Andy Warhol

2. Warhol had another name for the series.

Warhol nicknamed the collection ‘Jewish geniuses’ due to the significant contributions these figures made to society.

Sigmund Freud (F. & S. II.235) by Andy Warhol

3. The collection was first exhibited in 1980.

The collection was first exhibited at the Jewish Museum of New York in 1980 and was later displayed at the National Portrait Gallery in London in 2006.

The Marx Brothers (F. & S. II.232) by Andy Warhol

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