{"product_id":"last-supper-detail-peter-john-and-jesus-by-andy-warhol","title":"Last Supper Detail: Peter, John and Jesus by Andy Warhol","description":"Andy Warhol\u003cbr\u003e 1928-1987 | American \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cem\u003eLast Supper Detail: Peter, John and Jesus\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Features stamp of Andy Warhol Art Authentication Board Inc., number 102.1110 (en verso)\u003cbr\u003e Silkscreen on paper mounted on canvas \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Easily recognizable as one of the most famous and influential artists of the modern era, Andy Warhol was the most prominent member of the Pop Art movement that dominated the art scene in the mid-20th century. He was the quintessential artist of his time and place, elevating popular and commercial culture to the realms of high art. His distinctive photographic silkscreen printing is immediately recognizable, and the present example is a truly exceptional example of the art form. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cem\u003eLast Supper Detail: Peter, John and Jesus\u003c\/em\u003e is part of the final series of Warhol's illustrious career, his famed \u003cem\u003eLast Supper series. The body of work was commissioned by his friend and art dealer, Alexandre Iolas, who challenged Warhol to create a series of works based on Leonardo da Vinci's great masterpiece \u003cem\u003eThe Last Supper\u003c\/em\u003e. The series would be shown at an exhibition in Milan at the Palazzo Stelline, which was across the street from da Vinci's mural in the refectory of the Santa Maria delle Grazie. The art critic Arthur Danto describes the show, \"When [Warhol’s] Last Supper was displayed in Milan, in a kind of citywide two-man show with Leonardo, 30,000 people flocked to see it, hardly any of whom went to see the ‘other’ Last Supper... When the final multivolume Popular History of Art is published, ours will be the Age of Warhol – an unlikely giant, but a giant nonetheless.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Warhol's \u003cem\u003eLast Supper\u003c\/em\u003e cycle encompassed two distinctive series. The first included hand-painted works based on a line drawing, to which the Museum of Modern Art's \u003cem\u003eThe Last Supper\u003c\/em\u003e and the Andy Warhol Museum's \u003cem\u003eThe Last Supper \/ Be Somebody with a Body\u003c\/em\u003e belong. The second, and arguably the more important, series included silkscreens such as the present work, which Warhol derived from a black and white photograph of a widely circulated 19th-century engraving. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e While the majority of his \u003cem\u003eLast Supper\u003c\/em\u003e silkscreens reproduce the image of the entire mural, \u003cem\u003eLast Supper Detail: Peter, John and Jesus\u003c\/em\u003e is among the rare detail studies that are included in the series. Unlike its unabridged counterparts, the work offers a fascinating character study that pulls the viewer into the drama and intimacy of the original work. This particular composition sheds light on the relationship between Jesus and John, physically separated by an inverted triangle of negative space, yet still compellingly intimate in their positioning. Warhol has ingeniously highlighted the connection between the two figures by muting the architectural features behind them, enhancing the psychological impact of the scene. The figure of the traitorous Peter peeks in from the left as an inescapable reminder of the fate that awaits them all. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Unlike many of his other serialized works of soup cans and Marilyns, Warhol's \u003cem\u003eLast Supper Detail: Peter, John and Jesus\u003c\/em\u003e has an emotional impact that elevates it beyond Pop Art's exploration of mass production and over popularization. Perhaps the intimacy of the scene derives from Warhol's own nostalgia for the work; born into a Ruthenian Catholic family, Warhol grew up in a religious home where a reproduction of da Vinci's \u003cem\u003eThe Last Supper\u003c\/em\u003e graced his family's kitchen wall. With both aesthetic and sentimental ties to the image, it is little wonder that Warhol's obsession with his \u003cem\u003eLast Supper\u003c\/em\u003e cycle preoccupied the last year of his life. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Andy Warhol died prematurely at the age of 58 in February 1987 following a gall bladder surgery. His series based on \u003cem\u003eThe Last Supper\u003c\/em\u003e was the last he was ever to paint. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Circa 1986 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Silkscreen: 45\" high x 47\" wide\u003cbr\u003e Frame: 57\" high x 59\" wide \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Exhibited:\u003cbr\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe World of da Vinci\u003c\/em\u003e, Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum, California, May 24, 2019 – September 8, 2019 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e References:\u003cbr\u003e \u003cem\u003eAndy Warhol's Last Supper\u003c\/em\u003e, Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, 2019, by R. Swan, B. Kinch and C. Stewart, p. 101 (illustrated) \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Provenance:\u003cbr\u003e Alexandre Iolas\u003cbr\u003e Private collection, United States\u003c\/em\u003e","brand":"M.S. Rau","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46257280155783,"sku":"31-2652","price":1950000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0083\/2471\/0466\/files\/31-2652_1.png?v=1792521798","url":"https:\/\/rauantiques.com\/products\/last-supper-detail-peter-john-and-jesus-by-andy-warhol","provider":"M.S. Rau","version":"1.0","type":"link"}