Andy WARHOL - Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (FS II.335)

QUEEN ELIZABETH II 335
Queen Elizabeth II 335 by Andy Warhol is part of the Reigning Queens series produced by Warhol in 1985. The portfolio consists of sixteen screenprints. Warhol depicts these four female monarchs in their own right, rather than as women who were married to a king. Warhol also did another series of Reigning Queens (Royal Edition), in which the images were accented with diamond dust.

QUEEN ELIZABETH II 335 AS PART OF ANDY WARHOL’S LARGER BODY OF WORK
Completed by Warhol in 1985, the Reigning Queens series includes Queen Elizabeth of the United Kingdom, Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands, Queen Margrethe II of Denmark and Queen Ntombi Twala of Swaziland. Andy Warhol created the Reigning Queens series during the mid-1980s, arguably his most prolific period. During this time, Warhol was forming bonds with a number of younger artists in the New York art scene including Jean-Michel Basquiat, Julian Schnabel and David Salle. Warhol saw a re-emergence of critical and financial success during this period of his life.