War Bonnet Indian
From Cowboys and Indians

Medium: Screenprint in colors on Lenox Museum Board
Year: 1986
Sheet: 36×36 inches (91.4 x 91.4 cm)
Edition: 36 TP (Trial Proof) of each print
Each print is unique
Publisher: Gaultney, Klineman Art, Inc., New York
Printer: Rupert Jasen Smith, New-York
Literature: Feldmann & Schellmann II.373

Signed and numbered in pencil lower left

 

In War Bonnet Indian, Warhol examines the reduction of Native American culture to a feathered headdress and stoic presence by popular culture.

Gripping a spear, the American Indian is wearing a war bonnet, traditionally worn by the male leaders of the American Plains Indians Nations who were greatly respected in their tribe. The figure is rendered in dramatic and bold colors, and gestural lines delineate the man’s figure and the texture of his clothes and bonnet. Occupying the center of the print, attention is drawn towards the Native American, poised for battle.

 

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Auction Results

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Christie’s London: 21 September 2016
Estimated: GBP 40,000 – 60,000
GBP 106,250

ANDY WARHOL (1928-1987)
War Bonnet Indian, from: Cowboys and Indians, 1986
Screenprint in colors on Lenox Museum Board
A unique color variant, signed in pencil, numbered TP 17/36
One of 36 trial proofs, each printed in a different color combination

Sotheby’s New-York: 31 October 2014
Estimated: USD 35,000 – 45,000
USD 81,250

ANDY WARHOL
War Bonnet Indian (F. & S. IIB.373), from Cowboys and Indians, 1986
Screenprint in colors on Lennox Museum Board
Signed in pencil, inscribed ‘TP 27/36’

Christie’s New-York: 24 April 2014
Estimated: USD 30,000 – 50,000
USD 50,000

ANDY WARHOL (1928-1987)
War Bonnet Indian, from Cowboys and Indians, 1986
Screenprint in colors on Lenox Museum Board
Signed in pencil, numbered ‘TP 34/36’