The Green Car Crash (Green Burning Car I) was created by American artist Andy Warhol in the year 1963. Andy Warhol was a great American artist especially popular for his dynamic contribution in the pop art movement. Warhol, as a commercial illustrator, painted many paintings and became more popular for his Death and Disaster series of paintings. Andy Warhol is often regarded as one of the most influential artists in the twentieth century.
Green Car Crash Analysis:
Green Car Crash (Green Burning Car I), one of the most expensive paintings created by Andy Warhol between the years 1962 and 1964. Andy Warhol created this painting in a series and kept all under the title Death and Disaster. This series comprised several black and white images taken from some tabloids including coarse, black and white tabloid images of fatal accident scenes, race riots, suicide, and death instruments including guns, electric chairs and atomic bomb blasts.
In this series, the most noticeable was Warhol's Green Car Crash (Green Burning Car I) where image of five burning cars was created in a lively manner. The Green Car Crash (Green Burning Car I) was created by Andy Warhol and his assistant Gerard Malanga, in the year 1963. The painting was canvassed after an image taken by photographer John Whitehead, published in Newsweek in the 3rd June issue. In the collection of the series Death and Disaster, Green Car Crash (Green Burning Car I) was the only painting in which other than black and white many other colors were utilized. This historic painting was depicted on a canvas made of synthetic polymer, silkscreen ink and acrylic on linen, where the actual size of the canvas was 90 x 80" (228.6 x 203.2 cm).
Green Car Crash Painting Auction:
Green Car Crash (Green Burning Car I) is one of the most expensive paintings. Immediately after its creation it was kept in a private collection for 30 long years, generating incredible interest in the prospective buyers. Finally, in an art evening sale dedicated to Post war and contemporary art, Green Car Crash (Green Burning Car I) was auctioned at Christie's Galleries at Rockefeller Center, New York. On 16th May 2007, at 7:00 pm, David Rockefeller sold the painting to an anonymous buyer for a price value of $71,720,000.
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