Skip to main content
Mao Tse Tung
Mao Tse Tung
Mao Tse Tung

Mao Tse Tung

Artist Andy Warhol 1928 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - 1987 Manhattan, New York
Date1972
Mediumcolor serigraph
Dimensionsframe: 37 1/2 × 37 1/2 × 1 1/4 in. (95.3 × 95.3 × 3.2 cm)
ClassificationsPrints & Printmaking
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of an anonymous donor
Object numberPC1986.108.3.F
Descriptionprint of Mao Tse Tung with green background, pink/orange shirt and lips
On View
Not on view
Text Entries

Ingenio, humor y sátira
25 Junio 2022 – 29 Enero 2023

Los retratos que Andy Warhol hizo de Mao Tse Tung (1893-1976) marcaron una transición en cuanto a los iconos de la cultura pop de Warhol hacia imágenes con mayor connotación política. Warhol tomó como base para sus grabados el retrato oficial de Mao publicado en Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse Tung (Citas del presidente Mao Zedong) en 1966. La repetición y uniformidad de la imagen de Mao en la propaganda impresa le recordaba a Warhol a sus famosos retratos serigrafiados de famosos como Marilyn Monroe, así como a las imágenes utilizadas en la publicidad. Warhol no solo alteró los colores en los grabados, sino que también hizo ajustes sutiles en la colocación de la figura de Mao en el encuadre, dándoles una apariencia enigmáticamente similar, si bien cada uno de ellos existe como imagen única.


Exhibition: Wit, Humor, & Satire
on view June 25, 2022 - January 29, 2023

Andy Warhol’s portraits of Mao Tse Tung (1893-1976) marked a shift for Warhol from pop culture icons toward more politically charged images. Warhol based his prints on the official portrait of Mao that was printed in the 1966 publication Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse Tung. The repetition and uniformity of Mao’s image in printed propaganda materials reminded Warhol of his silkscreen portraits of famous individuals such as Marilyn Monroe as well as images used in advertising. Warhol altered not only the colors in the prints, but also made subtle adjustments to the placement of Mao’s figure within the frame, making them appear eerily similar, but each exists as a unique image.
Terms