Andy Warhol - After the Party (FS II.183)
Artist: Andy Warhol
Year: 1979
Medium: Screenprint on Arches 88 Paper
Edition: Edition of 1,000, 30 AP, 3 PP, 10 HC. Included with the Gold Edition of the 1979 book "Exposures" by Andy Warhol published by Grosset and Dunlap Inc., New York. This edition is signed and numbered in pencil lower right.
Size: 21 1/2″ x 30 1/2″
Original After the Party Print by Andy Warhol
After the Party 183 is a black and white photo of a table with scattered glasses and plates, brought to life by the rainbow gradient highlighting the subjects. There is an inherent chaos in the work, a feeling of excess, in part due to the reflective quality and haphazard arrangement of the glasses, the bright hues that outline the items, and the manner in which the print was created and aligned. The print evokes ideas of gilded wealth and excess and their perceived glory, hiding a plainness and darkness behind them. This particular print of After the Party is especially interesting, as it is signed by Warhol.
The subject and the print itself suggest the residue of a frenzied yet enjoyable gathering through both compositional arrangement and artistic liberties taken by Warhol in the creation of this print. “The best kind of party I could give would be champagne and nuts and then take everybody dancing” (The Philosophy of Andy Warhol: From A to B and Back Again p. 196). According to the catalogue raisonné Andy Warhol Prints by Feldman & Schellmann, the rainbow roll drawing line varies from print to print.
