Andy Warhol of the Month
Long-Sharp Gallery specializes in works on paper and photography by Andy Warhol. Each month our staff selects a work from our inventory that highlights something about Warhol’s life or interests and discusses it here.
Pines Barrens Tree Frog (TP)
Year: 1983
Medium: Screenprint on Lenox Museum Board (Unique Trial Proof)
Size: 38 x 38 in (96.5 x 96.5 cm)
From an edition of 150, 30 AP, 5PP, 5EP, 3 HC, 10 numbered in Roman Numerals, 1 BAT, 30 TP; this is TP 27/30
Signed, Lower Left
Printer: Rupert Jasen Smith
Publisher: Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, Inc., New York
Reference: FS. II.294 (Endangered Species Edition); FS. 11B.294 (Endangered Species Trial Proofs)
Provenance:
From a distinguished Palm Beach Collection
About this work: In 1983, Andy Warhol was commissioned by publisher Ronald Feldman to create a portfolio of screenprints dedicated to endangered animals. This series featured depictions of ten animals, including an orangutan, zebra, rhinoceros, tree frog, and bald eagle, among others. This was not the only project concerning endangered animals that would occupy Warhol's thoughts. See for example, Warhol's "Vanishing Animals" project with Kurt Benirshke, which resulted in a book by that name, published in 1986.
Below are images of a TP (Trial Proof) from Warhol's Endangered Species portfolio (Pine Barrens Tree Frog). There were 30 signed and numbered trial proofs of each of the 10 endangered animals portrayed in the suite. Each TP has a different colorway but the same composition as the regular edition.