Eight Elvises

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Eight Elvises is a 1963 silkscreen painting by Andy Warhol that features multiple overlapping images of Elvis Presley and is considered one of the most iconic works of Pop Art.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf painting
silkscreen painting
artForm screen printing
artHistoricalSignificance key example of serial imagery in Pop Art
milestone in Warhol’s exploration of celebrity icons
artisticMedium silkscreen ink on canvas
associatedWith celebrity iconography of the 20th century
basedOn publicity still of Elvis Presley
colorPalette black and silver tones
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: "United States"
creator Andy Warhol
creatorMovement Pop art
surface form: "Pop Art"
creatorNationality American
depictionAction Elvis Presley aiming a gun at the viewer
depictionOrientation full-length standing figures
depictionStyle overlapping figures
repetition of celebrity image
serial imagery
depicts Elvis Presley
era 1960s American art
genre Pop Art
hasInfluenceOn contemporary Pop Art market
perception of celebrity imagery in art
iconography Elvis Presley holding a gun
inception 1963
languageOfTitle English
mainSubject Elvis Presley in cowboy attire
mainSubjectOccupation actor
musician
movement Pop art
surface form: "Pop Art"
movementRole iconic work of Pop Art
notableWorkOf Andy Warhol
numberOfFiguresDepicted 8
partOfSeries Warhol Elvis paintings
productionMethod mechanical reproduction
silkscreen printing
subjectGender male
theme American popular culture
celebrity culture
commodification of fame
mass media reproduction
title Eight Elvises
visualCharacteristic cinematic, film-strip effect
horizontal frieze-like composition
monochrome imagery

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Andy Warhol notableWork Eight Elvises
Eight Elvises title Eight Elvises

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