Original offset lithograph mailer on wove paper, published by Leo Castelli Gallery in conjunction with an exhibition—Warhol’s breakout “Flowers” show—held from November 21-December 17, 1964. Printed by Total Color, New York. Measuring 21.75” x 22” unfolded, the sheet reproduces Warhol's iconic Flowers image in fluorescent magenta, orange, yellow, and green.
Warhol’s celebrated fourth solo exhibition at Castelli marked the public debut of the Flowers series, now recognized among the defining images of Pop Art. Folded as issued to mailing format, with stylized gallery imprint on verso. Exceptionally well preserved with only very minor rubbing and some minor wrinkling at a few folds and one edge. Never addressed or mailed, the sheet retains remarkably fresh, unfaded color after decades of protected storage, uncommon for this notoriously light-sensitive production. Both as exhibition announcement and graphic object, it stands among the most desirable pieces of 1960s Castelli ephemera and documents one of the pivotal exhibitions in Warhol's career. Ships folded.
Original offset lithograph mailer on wove paper, published by Leo Castelli Gallery in conjunction with an exhibition—Warhol’s breakout “Flowers” show—held from November 21-December 17, 1964. Printed by Total Color, New York. Measuring 21.75” x 22” unfolded, the sheet reproduces Warhol's iconic Flowers image in fluorescent magenta, orange, yellow, and green.
Warhol’s celebrated fourth solo exhibition at Castelli marked the public debut of the Flowers series, now recognized among the defining images of Pop Art. Folded as issued to mailing format, with stylized gallery imprint on verso. Exceptionally well preserved with only very minor rubbing and some minor wrinkling at a few folds and one edge. Never addressed or mailed, the sheet retains remarkably fresh, unfaded color after decades of protected storage, uncommon for this notoriously light-sensitive production. Both as exhibition announcement and graphic object, it stands among the most desirable pieces of 1960s Castelli ephemera and documents one of the pivotal exhibitions in Warhol's career. Ships folded.
