I would Love to get my hands on a copy of Andy Warhol's portrait of Prince.
Does anyone know if you can buy poster size copies of it?

Does anyone have it on their computer? Please post it on this thread,
if its okay~

Its funny how Andy Warhol is known as "The Prince Of Pop"
* Not the only one IMO *

buttcheeks said:

Don't much care for it--the one he did of MJ was much better IMO!

i dont like it.

really doesn't capture the essence of Prince.

Last year, they were all over the streets of Montreal as there was a Warhol exhibition...the real one was on the wall of the museum, to be seen...

sweething said:

100% agree.

sweething said:

It did at the time it was made. That's the great thing about art.

sirweasel said:

Up for debate--art or the deconstruction/destruction of art!

sirweasel said:

I understand the concept of interpretive art, but this just isn't good, even for the time period. Think about how Marilyn Monroe was depicted by Warhol, now compare to this Prince print--it seems angry and non-flattering.

I'm not too crazy about it either. It looks a little it like Larry Blackmon of Cameo.

I dont really like it i think it possibly could have been better he just needed to have a photo of prince that really was beautiful and stuck out among more average photos of him like this one.. Truly I love Andy Warhol my whole living room is in his art.. just seen some of his better art

insatiable3 said:

Don't you think Warhol's MJ art was so much better--captured the essence of the subject better! Warhol was just doing soupcans with P!

poetcorner61 said:

Yeah I totally agree with you the MJ one is very beautiful and really does reflect on his over all image/ essence. My all time favorite has to be Marilyn Monroe that picture just awes me .....

i love that! and i like Andy Warhol's works!

sweething said:

... But it's Warhol. It's not supposed to capture the essence. The point of the image is closer to equating a popstar to wallpaper more than being a portrait of the man behind the popstar image.
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so i see a picture that's mainly red and another blue and another with a lilac face. was there a set of pictures then or just one official special work?
also does anyone know when warhol made the art?

personally i love the image he used. perfect bedheadsex and rocknroll hair, but i don't go much on the colours

Very Nice. I have to tell U guys...I just painted the King and Queen of Hearts.

The King of Hearts is sometimes called the suicide King. Instead of putting a sword in his crown, I put the Prince Symbol in his hand. It came out cute.

yankem said:

Thanks for posring this image, however it isn't the one I've seen before.

More clothing and more red

Very 80s looking

Red looked like it symbolized sex

buttcheeks said:

Yes, I think they did a close up that's why there is less red.

You're welcome !!

yankem said:

Your right, I think this is the one but they cropped it. Cropped right up to this chin. Still love to have a copy of this as reproduction poster. I think one turned up on ebay once but it was pretty expensive. Maybe I should contact the museum in Pittsburg for availability.

buttcheeks said:

Just bought an original oil painting of Prince from a guy in Atlanta and it is much better! And...cheaper!

poetcorner61 said:

Hey is not like this is a million dollar zombie music video, is a Warhol painting, I will love to have a legitimate print.

poetcorner61 said:

Hey isn't support to be a cool Prince in up photo, is a Warhol painting, art is not about something specific like a music video formula.

aarontj said:

Sorry I was typing with one hand, I mean to say Hey isn't suppost to be a cool Prince pin up photo, is a Warhol painting, art is not about something specific like a music video formula.

aarontj said:

Yeah, I totally get that Warhol was trying to show that art was like soup cans--but the point is, by the time he got to Prince--he even missed the soup can label for effectiveness! Much better done in his MJ and Marilyn portraits! In the end, Warhol became a victim of his own "soupiness!"

I have a very nice mounted & framed copy which recently fell off my studio wall.

(D')

sirweasel said:

That's exactly what I was going to say. This is who he was when he first came out (...no pun intended, lol).
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poetcorner61 said:

I love the pornstache though