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Spotlight | Ladies and Gentlemen
BY Helen Smith ON February 8, 2023 IN Modern & Contemporary, Gallery Blog, Shapero Modern & The Gallery Blog
Andy WARHOL
Screenprint in colours, 1975, on textured watercolour paper by Arches, signed by the artist, numbered from the edition of 250.
95.2 x 64.8 cm. (37½ x 25½ in.)
£17,500
Warhol was commissioned by Italian art dealer Luciano Anselmino to make a series displaying anonymous, impersonal individuals of the LGBTQ+ community, under the title 'Ladies and Gentlemen'.
In the process of finding sitters for this series, Warhol departed from Anselmino’s desires, instead choosing to capture and celebrate the personality, individualism and glamour of his sitters.

Warhol’s sitters would have been well known individuals within New York’s gay and trans scene and included Alphanso Panell, Broadway, Easha McCleary, Helen/Harry Morales, Iris, Ivette, Kim, Lurdes, Marsha P. Johnson, Michele Long, Monique, Vicki Peters and Wilhelmina Ross. Whilst the identity of the fourteenth model remains unknown.
In 2020, 25 artworks from the Ladies and Gentlemen collection were first on view at Tate Modern.
'Through today’s lens it is particularly relevant with the recent anniversary of the Stonewall uprising. I think this was a project that was close to Warhol’s heart,' Gregor Muir, a Tate co-curator and director explained.
The artwork will be featured in our current exhibition 'Andy Warhol: 20 Under 20'.
