Artist
Andy Warhol (American, 1928–1987)American, 1928–1987
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Untitled (Six Tomatoes and Fork)
Date1986
PlaceUnited States
MediumGelatin silver prints with stitching
DimensionsImage (overall image): 21 3/8 × 27 1/2 in. (54.3 × 69.9 cm)
Image (each image): 11 × 14 in. (27.9 × 35.6 cm)
Frame: 30 1/2 × 36 3/8 in. (77.5 × 92.5 cm)
Image (each image): 11 × 14 in. (27.9 × 35.6 cm)
Frame: 30 1/2 × 36 3/8 in. (77.5 × 92.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Alice Pratt Brown Museum Fund
Object number89.117
Not on view
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Department
PhotographySpecial Collections
Object Type
The Pop icon Andy Warhol brought his camera with him everywhere—first a Polaroid, and then his 35mm Minox. "Having a few rolls of film to develop gives me a good reason to get up in the morning," he said. Many of Warhol’s photographs can be classified as still lifes, appropriating the aesthetic of commercial advertising. In 1983 he began reproducing his black-and-white images and combining them into grids held together by hand-stitching. Though the photos are identical, Warhol’s repetition and handwork suggest a personal, narrative sequence.
Provenance[Robert Miller Gallery, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 1989.
Exhibition HistoryExhibited Photographic Masterworks: Recent Acquisitions from the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Glassell School January 23 - March 4, 1990
Exhibited "The Glass Canvas", December 10, 1996 through February 23, 1997, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Exhibited: "Contemporary Art and Photography: Spotlight on the Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," MFAH, Upper Brown Pavilion, September 30, 2001 - February 3, 2002.
Exhibited: "Contemporary Photography from the Collection of the MFAH", at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, August 15, 2003-January 4, 2004.
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Christian Eckart
1987
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