Saint Apollonia - the Portfolio of four screen-prints
1984, each signed Andy Warhol
From the edition of 248/250 examples
4 colored screen-prints on Essex offset kid finish paper, 76.2 x 55.9 cm,
Printed by Rupert Jasen Smith, New York.
Published by Frank Braun, Düsseldorf.

Provenance:

Private collection, Germany

In the early 1980s, Warhol was increasingly inspired by Renaissance artists: his Saint Apollonia series
is a perfect example. It is based on a panel painting attributed to Piero della Francesca. The 15th- century panel is now in the National Gallery of Art in Washington. Saint Apollonia, depicted in the work, is considered the patron saint of dentistry and she carries a pair of pliers with a tooth, in both the panel painting and in Warhol’s version.