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Dia exhibited one of Warhol's major late series: the Last
Supper paintings, at 548 West 22nd Street. Based on the renowned
painting by Leonardo da Vinci, this image was used by Warhol at
the end of his career for a remarkable group of monumental paintings.
Approximately half of the dozen vast paintings, some up to forty
feet in length, were made by silkscreening the image, and the
other half by outlining the image as projected on the canvas.
Very few of these monumental Last Supper paintings, often considered
Warhol's finest late works, have been seen in United States museums.
The initial exhibition for which the series was devised was held
in Milan in 1987. Dia brought together five of the major monumental
paintings from collections in the U.S. and abroad, plus a group
of related works on paper.
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| Checklist of Works |
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The Last Supper, 1986
Synthetic polymer paint on canvas, 116 x 225 inches. The Andy
Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc., New York
The Last Supper, 1986
Silkscreen ink on synthetic polymer paint on canvas, 78 x 400
inches. Gallery Bruno Bischofberger, Zürich
The Last Supper, 1986
Synthetic polymer paint on canvas, 118 x 228 inches. The Andy
Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc., New York
Camouflage Last Supper, 1986
Silkscreen ink on synthetic polymer paint on canvas, 78 x 306
inches. The Menil Collection, Houston. Gift of The Andy Warhol
Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc., New York
Sixty Last Suppers, 1986
Silkscreen ink on synthetic polymer paint on canvas, 116 x 393
inches. The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc.,
New York
A changing selection of silkscreen collages on paper from the
Last Supper series, 1986. All works approximately 23 1/2 x 31
3/4 inches. The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc.,
New York
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| Selected Bibliography |
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Andy Warhol: A Retrospective. New York: The Museum of Modern Art,
1989. Edited by Kynaston McShine.
Andy Warhol, Art from Art. Munich: Schirmer/Mosel, 1994. Edited
by Jörg Schellmann.
Andy Warhol: Heaven And Hell Are Just One Breath Away! Late Paintings
and Related Works 1984-1986. New York: Gagosian Gallery and Rizzoli
International Publications, 1992. Essay by Charles Stuckey and
eulogy by John Richardson.
Filler, Martin. In "Andy Warhol 1928-1987. A Collage of appreciations
from artists, colleagues, critics and friends," Art in America,
(May 1987), 143.
Sanna, Jole de. "Andy Warhol, Galleria Refettorio delle Stelline,"
Artforum, (Summer 1987), 131-132.
Taylor, Paul, "Andy Warhol: The Last Interview," Flash
Art, (April 1987), 40-44.
Warhol: Il Cenacolo. Milan: Philippe Daverio, 1987. Edited by
Arnoldo Mondadori.
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| Funding |
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Funding for this project has been provided by the Dia Art Council,
the major annual support group of Dia Center for the Arts, and
the Dia Art Circle.
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