Cowboys and Indians Andy Warhol
Printed and published in 1986, Cowboys and Indians was produced during a period in the 1980s when Warhol was prolifically creating screen prints. The series is one of his last major works completed before he died in 1987. At this point in his life, Warhol was rubbing shoulders with other Pop Art visionary artists such as Jean-Michel Basquiat, David Salle, Keith Haring and Julian Schnabel.
Growing up in Pittsburgh, Warhol was fascinated with the movies, particularly Westerns. Warhol even made two Western movies, Horse and Lonesome Cowboys, and constructed his Cowboys and Indians Series which depicts the famed enemies from the genre. The series also stands as a commentary on the media through iconography and popular imagery as it touches upon themes such as exploitation, war, power and ownership while also challenging the traditional concept of what constitutes Western art.
The Cowboys and Indians portfolio is comprised of 10 screen prints on Lenox Museum Board which is numbered in a limited edition of 250 plus artist’s proofs, printer’s proofs, hors commerce (meaning ‘Not to sell’) and 10 in Roman numerals which are each signed and numbered in pencil. There is also an additional set of trial proofs which include a further four screen prints.
- What is Andy Warhol’s Cowboys and Indians Series?
- Who is depicted in the Cowboys and Indians Series?
- How do I sell an Andy Warhol Print?
- How do I buy an Andy Warhol Print?
- How much does an original Andy Warhol Cowboys and Indians cost?
- Where can I see Andy Warhol’s Cowboys and Indians Prints?
- Sell an Andy Warhol Cowboys and Indians Print
- Andy Warhol: Cowboys and Indians Series Quick Facts
What is Andy Warhol’s Cowboys and Indians Series?
Warhol regularly produced prints looking at different ways of presenting the same image in a flattened, reductivist style. In Cowboys and Indians there are three variations on the same image which make up the portfolio with different colour and light combinations; playing with vibrancy in signature technicolour. The unique palette includes bold colour amalgamations, such as red, yellow and blue. The screen prints are accentuated by vibrant figures set against a white or pale background to emphasise the subjects and their expressions. Warhol uses a rainbow-coloured psychedelic gradient to outline. Each colour in the rainbow-coloured spectrum forming the outlines which were created by a separate screen print layers and are technically intensely intricate.
Who is depicted in the Cowboys and Indians Series?
It was the first time that Warhol combined both portraiture and objects in one combined portfolio. He drew upon Native American artefacts and memorabilia with historical interest, portraying the influence of other less well known Native American icons such as Geronimo, all in juxtaposition to film, books and contemporary archetypal popular culture of the American West, which had been romanticised and interpreted by authors and film producers.
Included amongst the screen prints which depict Native Americans and their authentic emblems, such as Kachina dolls, a mask and a shield, are the famous actors John Wayne, Annie Oakley, Teddy Roosevelt and General George Custer dressed in their costume attire as their film characters exemplifying Warhol’s preoccupation with stardom. Through this project Warhol continues to look at the concept of ‘icon’ by contrasting through themes of notoriety and anonymity, authority and victimisation.
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Where can I see Andy Warhol’s Cowboys and Indians Prints?
Top Spots
- The Booth Museum, Cartersville, GA
- Gregory Allicar Museum of Art at Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
- Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia
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Andy Warhol: Cowboys and Indians Series Quick Facts
- Warhol was fascinated with Western films and even made some of his own
- The forms in the Cowboys and Indians Series are outlined in rainbow-coloured gradations
- Throughout the series are Western icons and celebrities such as John Wayne
- Warhol’s The American Indian (Russell Means) sold for $864.5 USD in 2017
