Andy Warhol - Flash - November 22, 1963 (FS II.37)
Artist: Andy Warhol
Year: 1968
Medium: Portfolio of eleven screenprints, colophon, and Teletype text on paper. The prints, wrapped with the screenprint cover, are in a plexiglass box.
Edition: Edition of 200, 26 numbered in Roman numerals; 10 lettered A-J have three additional screenprints, each of which is a composite of images from II.33 and II.38. (See II.43A-43C.) Each print, housed in a folder with a page of Teletype text, is signed in ball-point pen on verso; the colophon is signed and numbered in ball-point pen.
Size: 21” x 21”
Flash 37 Print by Andy Warhol
Flash 37 by Andy Warhol is a famous screenprint that captures the collective memory of the Kennedy Assassination in 1963. This print is a part of the Flash - November 22, 1963 portfolio, which features repurposed news clippings, campaign ads, and photographs relating to the event. Warhol's use of this specific weapon highlights the commercialization of firearms and its impact on society during the 1960s. This print is a significant cultural artifact from that time period, and it is closely related to Warhol's Death and Disaster series.