Marilyn, Andy Warhol, 1962
Portrait of Marilyn Monroe, Roy Lichtenstein, date unknown
Marilyn Monroe, James Rosenquist, 1962
Marilyn Monroe (Décollage), Mimmo Rotella 1962
Marilyn Monroe (Décollage),Wolf Vostell, 1962
My Marilyn, Richard Hamilton, 1965
Test Stone #1, Robert Rauschenberg, 1967
Marilyn was here, Richard Lindner, 1970
Peek-a-boo Marilyn, Mel Ramos, 2002
At many points in its almost 91-year history, TIME has offered up its iconic red border as a canvas, and asked renowned artists to illustrate the top stories of the day. From the striking Roy Lichtenstein pop art that accompanied a June 21, 1968 cover story on “The Gun in America” (see below) to Marc Chagall’s self-portrait that began our July 30, 1965 issue, readers have become accustomed to seeing cover images that have been painted, sculpted, collaged and transformed by some of the world’s most visionary talents.
December 14, 1936: Surrealist Salvador Dali
April 12, 1937: Virginia Woolf
May 7, 1945: Adolf Hitler
April 6, 1962: Sophia Loren
January 10, 1964: R. Buckminster Fuller
January 29, 1965, Today’s Teenagers
March 5, 1965: Jeanne Moreau
March 19, 1965: Martin Luther King
April 16, 1965: Rudolf Nureyev
July 30, 1965: Marc Chagall
March 3, 1967: Playboy’s Hugh Hefner
September 22, 1967: The Beatles
December 8, 1967: Bonnie and Clyde
May 24, 1968: Robert F. Kennedy
June 21, 1968: The Gun in America
July 11, 1969: The Sex Explosion
November 28, 1969: Raquel Welch
February 16, 1970: Jane, Henry and Peter: The Flying Fondas
November 29, 1976: Rauschenberg by Rauschenberg
March 19, 1984: Michael Jackson
>March 30, 1987: America’s Agenda
March 16, 1992: Jay Leno
Source: TIME Turns 90: The Fine Art of the Red Border, from Warhol to Lichtenstein
By: Amy Lombard
Jasper Johns
James Rosenquist
Roy Lichtenstein
Ed Ruscha
Andy Warhol, Henry Geldzahler, David Hockney and David Goodman.
Robert Rauschenberg with his tongue stamped “Wedding Souvenir, Claes Oldenburg “. Photo portraits by Dennis Hopper
Dennis Hopper began working as a painter, a photographer, a poet and as well as a collector of art in the 1960s as well, particularly Pop Art. Over his lifetime he amassed a formidable array of 20th- and 21st-century art. Numerous works from his early cohorts, such as Ed Ruscha, Edward Kienholz, Roy Lichtenstein (Sinking Sun, 1964), and Andy Warhol (Double Mona Lisa, 1963); and pieces by contemporary artists such as Damien Hirst and Robin Rhode. He was involved in L.A.’s Virginia Dwan and Ferus galleries of the 1960s, and he was a longtime friend and supporter to New York dealer Tony Shafrazi. One of the first art works Hopper owned was an early print of Warhol’s Campbell’s Soup Cans bought for $75.
Warhol, Irving Blum, Billy Al Bengston and Dennis Hopper at the opening of the Marcel Duchamp Show at the Pasadena Art Museum
Julian Schnabel and Hopper on the set of Basquiat (J. Schnabel, 1996)
Acetate mechanical for 82-inch Flowers, 1964. Ink on acetate, handwritten ink on Bristol board, overall
Photo of hibiscus flowers by Modern Photography executive editor Patricia Caulfield, published in that magazine in 1964 where it was found and used by Andy Warhol
Warhol in a field of black-eyed Susans with an early Flowers canvas, Queens, New York, 1964. Photo: John William Kennedy
Warhol with his assistants Philip Fagan (left), and poet Gerard Malanga (right). At the Factory, 231 East 47th Street, New York, 1964.
Warhol working on a large Flower painting at the Factory, New York City, March 1965.
Andy Warhol, Flowers, 1964, acrylic and silkscreen on linen, 24 x 24 in. each (16 works shown).
At the 1964 New York World’s Art Fair, the architect Phillip Johnson commissioned 10 artists to make large-scale works to adorn the facade of the State Pavilion—a monument Johnson had designed as a celebration of human advancement. Robert Indiana, Roy Lichtenstein, James Rosenquist, and Robert Rauschenberg were among the Pop artists selected. Andy Warhol was another contributor. However, Warhol’s piece Thirteen Most Wanted Men, which depicted silkscreened mug shots of real criminals, was censored—covered with silver paint, and never seen by the public.
Was this event the catalyst for Warhol’s transition from felons to florals? The flower, a symbol of fragility and purity, is antithetical to the blunt violence associated with the criminal. The art historian Michael Lobel eloquently explores this collision of themes in Warhol’s work in his essay Andy Warhol Flowers: a fitting accompaniment to the comprehensive survey of Warhols’ Flowers paintings.
Warhol’s flower paintings, created between 1964 and 1965, were initially inspired by a photograph of several hibiscus flowers taken by Patricia Caulfield, then the executive editor of Modern Photography magazine. The foldout article depicted how a new Kodak home color processing system could manipulate color. Warhol appropriated the image without permission, cropped, copied, enhanced the contrast, and eventually settled on a square format that meant the paintings could be viewed from any orientation. Caulfield, by-the-way, sued Warhol for copyright infringement and it was settled out of court. We get to see Caulfield’s original photograph that was printed in Modern Photography magazine along with many of Warhol’s variations on it in paint, silkscreen and collage on a wide range of materials. A collection of these paintings was the focus of Warhol’s first show at the prestigious Leo Castelli Gallery in late 1964, and signaled his ascension into the legitimized art world.
Dress designed by Halston, 1972
Diane Von Fürstenberg Spring Summer 2012 collection
The first Donald Duck model sheet. Created in 1934 for the Disney cartoon The Wise Little Hen
Still from The Wise Little Hen (Wilfred Jackson, 1934)
Poster by Tom Whalen
It was his second appearance in Orphan’s Benefit (Burt Gillett, 1934) that introduced Donald as a temperamental comic foil to Mickey Mouse.
Carl Barks, best known for his comics about Donald Duck and as the creator of Scrooge McDuck. Fans dubbed him “The Duck Man” and “The Good Duck Artist”.
Drawing by Don Rosa
The Duck universe also called the Donald Duck universe, Duckburg or Scrooge McDuck universe) is a fictional universe where Disney cartoon characters Donald Duck and Scrooge McDuck live. It is a spin off of the older Mickey Mouse universe, yet has become much more extensive. “Duck universe” is a term used by fans and is not an official part of the Disney lexicon.
The New Spirit (Donald Duck), Andy Warhol, 1985
Look Mickey, Roy Lichtenstein, 1961
Daffy Duck first appeared in Porky’s Duck Hunt (Tex Avery, 1937)
The only aspects of Daffy Duck that have remained consistent through the years are his voice characterization by Mel Blanc and his black feathers with a white neck ring.
Howard the Duck is a comic book character in the Marvel Comics universe created by writer Steve Gerber and artist Val Mayerik. The character first appeared in Adventure into Fear #19 (Dec. 1973)
Paul and Linda McCartney with their daughters Heather, Stella and Mary. April 1976
Elton John. Central Park Concert, 1980
Photo by Irving Penn
Self portrait, Duane Michals
Napoleon Stereotype as Portrayed, Jean-Michel Basquiat
Portrait by Bruce Weber
Yohji Yamamoto. Fall/Winter 1984-1985. Photo: Nick Knight
Signed sketch by Jean Cocteau hanging on the wall at La Tour D’Argent.
Duck, especially the pressed duck, is the specialty (Canard à la presse, Caneton à la presse, Caneton Tour d’Argent). In 1890 Frederic, one of La Tour d’Argent’s owners, had the idea to enumerate each duck served at the restaurant. Edward VII ate number 328 in 1890. Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall shared number 280.101 in 1951…
Lester Bookbinder
Dick’s Ducks,installation by Richard Jackson
Backpack
Zach Galifianakis by Martin Schoeller
In 1992 a shipping container filled with rubber ducks was lost at sea. Over 28,000 rubber duckies fell overboard on their way from Japan to the United States.
Giant Rubber Duck by Florentijn Hoffman
Brooksfield logo
Mandarina Duck is an Italian fashion brand. The company name and logo come from the Mandarin duck, a breed that lives on the banks of the Ussuri River on the border of Russia and China.
Ducks Unlimited (DU) is an international nonprofit organization dedicated to the conservation of wetlands and associated upland habitats for waterfowl, other wildlife, and people. Ducks Unlimited was incorporated by Joseph Knapp, E. H. Low and Robert Winthrop on January 29, 1937, in Washington, D.C.
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