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Farrah Fawcett
Farrah Fawcett

Farrah Fawcett

Primary (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1928–New York, New York, 1987)
NationalityAmerican, North America
Date1980
MediumSynthetic polymer paint and screenprint on canvas
DimensionsCanvas: 40 x 40 in. (101.6 x 101.6 cm)
Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Bequest of Farrah Fawcett, 2010.100
Rights Statement
Collection AreaModern and Contemporary Art
Object number2010.100
On View
On view
Locations
  • exhibition  BMA, Gallery, B8 - Huntington Gallery
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Label Text
This painting of University of Texas alumna and "Charlie’s Angels" star Farrah Fawcett typifies Andy Warhol’s portrait style of the 1970s and 1980s. The artist photographed starlets like Fawcett, Grace Jones, Blondie’s Debbie Harry, and Dolly Parton; their bare shoulders serve as a nod to classical portraiture. Working from a Polaroid, Warhol sent the negative to a photo lab to have it enlarged and transferred onto a sheet of acetate. Once a silkscreen was made from the sheet, Warhol and his assistants squeegeed ink through the screen onto a pre-painted canvas, using punches of color to highlight the glamour of his subjects.
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