Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami

The Star (Greta Garbo)

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

Date1981

Mediumscreen print and diamond dust

DimensionsSight: 38 x 37 3/4 in. (96.5 x 95.9 cm)
Framed: 41 5/8 x 41 5/8 x 1 in. (105.7 x 105.7 x 2.5 cm)

ClassificationsVisual Works

Credit LineGift of Susan and Hal Silberman

Terms

Object number91.0380

On View

Not on view

Collections

Art of North America

DescriptionNever painting from life, Warhol transferred photographs, often greatly enlarged, via a screen printing process. Celebrity portraits were usually derived from studio publicity photos; individual portrait commissions were often based on snapshots. Warhol's stylized portraits were characterized by bright, even lurid colors. Always willing to capitalize on moneymakers, Warhol introduced commercially lucrative, thematic portfolios, including Myths. Until his death, Warhol retained his technological approach to painting but post-1960s, the banal subject matter became more painterly.