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Photo: Paul Macapia
Jane Lang
Photo: Paul Macapia

Jane Lang

Date1976
Maker Andy Warhol American, 1928 - 1987
Label TextA provocative figure of American Pop art, Warhol had a long-standing interest in portraiture. Starting as a commercial illustrator, he scandalized the New York art world with paintings of Campbell’s soup cans and Coca-Cola bottles while also creating iconic portraits of Marilyn Monroe, Elvis, Jackie Kennedy, and others using film stills and promotional photographs. Polaroid photographs were a frequent starting point for his portraits, and in the late 1970s and 1980s, he frequently accepted commissions. In anticipation of the Seattle Art Museum’s 1976 exhibition Andy Warhol: Portraiture, Richard Lang commissioned the artist to create a double-panel portrait of Jane Lang, to be presented as a surprise. Warhol insisted on a photography session in his New York studio, so Richard and Warhol told Jane he had commissioned his own portrait; the artist then casually suggested that she sit for a few snapshots. Jane discovered the finished portrait only at the opening, with Warhol and his entourage in attendance.
Object number76.47
ProvenanceCommissioned from the artist by Richard E. Lang, Seattle, Washington, 1976; to Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, 1976
Photo CreditPhoto: Paul Macapia
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Andy Warhol: Portraits, Nov. 15, 1976 - Jan. 9, 1977 (Denver, Colorado, Denver Art Museum, Feb. 5 - Mar. 27, 1977). New York, New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Andy Warhol: Portraits of the 70s, Nov. 20, 1979 - Jan. 27, 1980. No cat. no., p. 137, reproduced p. 89 (with 2020.19) Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, The Richard and Jane Lang Collection, Feb. 2 - Apr. 1, 1984. Cat. no. 44, reproduced p. 60 (with 2020.19). Escondido, California Center for the Arts, Narcissism: Artists Reflect Themselves, Feb. 4 - May 26, 1996. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Collection Highlights: 1945 To The Present, Sept. 12, 1996 - June 1, 1997. Seattle, Washington, Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Andy Warhol Drawings, 1942–1987, organized by the Kunstmuseum Basel and the Andy Warhol Museum, July 29 - Oct. 8, 2000. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Modern in America, July 8, 2004 - Feb. 27, 2005. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Pop Departures. Oct. 9, 2014 - Jan. 11, 2015. No cat. no., p. 103, reproduced p. 71 (with 2020.19). Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Frisson: The Richard E. Lang and Jane Lang Davis Collection, Oct. 15, 2021 - Nov. 27, 2022. No cat. no., pp. 21-22, 25-26, 31, 45, 194, reproduced pp. 21 (fig. 10), 27. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Reverberations: Contemporary Art and Modern Classics, Dec. 22, 2022 - ongoing.Published ReferencesPrintz, Neil and Sally King-Nero, eds. The Andy Warhol Catalogue Raisonne: Paintings and Sculpture, late 1974 - 1976, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. Cat. no. 3373.
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Lang
Dimensions40 x 40 in. (101.6 x 101.6 cm)
MediumSilkscreen ink, synthetic polymer paint on canvas
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