Birmingham Race Riot

Print Notes

Unusually political for Warhol, Birmingham Race Riot, the artist enlarged and reversed a 1963 Life photograph of police dogs attacking civil rights demonstrators in Birmingham, making only minimal changes to the original image.

Description

Andy Warhol
1928-1987
1964
Silkscreen
Image Size: 20 x 23 7/8 inches
Edition of 500
Location: Rye ~ Unique ID 336

Provenance

From the Estate of Robert Mapplethorpe.