Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami

Liz

Artist/Maker Andy Warhol (United States, 1928-1987)

Date1965

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)

ClassificationsVisual Works

Credit LineMuseum purchase

Terms

Object number65.087.003

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."

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