Leonardo da Vinci, The Annunciation, 1472, 1984

Part of "Details of Renaissance Paintings" suite of four portfolios containing four screenprints each.
Screenprint on Arches Watercolor (Cold Press) rag paper, 81 x 112 cm. Edition of 60, signed and numbered.
F&S II.320-323

Andy Warhol famously used silkscreen for both his editions and his unique works, often reproducing the same motif over and over again, thereby establishing serial printing and reproduction techniques in the visual arts and questioning the principle of originality. The resulting loss of a personal brushstroke is exemplary of the coolly distanced attitude of Pop artists and represents a striking contrast to the iconic Renaissance works he revisited for his Details of Renaissance Paintings suite.
For this edition in particular, Andy Warhol reimagined Leonardo da Vinci's famous oil painting The Annunciation (c. 1472-1476) by showing only the hands of the angel Gabriel and Mary and the landscape behind them. The original, much more subtle tones are replaced by a vibrant color palette.
The edition Leonardo da Vinci, The Annunciation, 1472 is part of the collection of MoMA, New York.