Liz
Artist/Maker
Andy Warhol
United States, 1928-1987
Date1965
CultureAmerican
Mediumoffset lithograph
DimensionsSight: 22 1/8 x 21 7/8 in. (56.2 x 55.6 cm)
Framed: 30 1/4 x 30 1/4 x 7/8 in. (76.8 x 76.8 x 2.2 cm)
Framed: 30 1/4 x 30 1/4 x 7/8 in. (76.8 x 76.8 x 2.2 cm)
ClassificationsVisual Works
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Terms
Object number65.087.003
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionDuring an interview with Gene Swenson for Art News in 1963, Warhol recalled that he first began making portraits of Elizabeth Taylor at a time when she was ill and expected to die. When she survived, he did "them all over, putting bright colors on her lips and eyes."- Art of North America
