Andy WARHOL (1928-1987), Zebra from the series "Endangered Species"

Color lithograph, Arches velin paper (watermarked Arches France); 36 x 36 cm (composition), 58 x 38 (sheet);
numbered in pencil 91/100, signed under composition "Andy Warhol", publisher's dry-erase stamp "Georges Israel Editeur", on the reverse blue stamps: "Art Gallery New York, 530 West 25th Street, New York NY 10001" and "Leo Castelli NEW YORK" and "tree of life" and hologram "verification of authenticity".
"Endangered Species" is one of Andy Warhol's key and most and recognizable graphic series. "Endangered Species" was Warhol's first departure from earlier themes and marked a turning point in the artist's entire artistic path. The series is often considered to have been created at the peak of his career, that is, at the moment when Warhol had learned the technical characteristics of serigraphy to perfection and stopped developing his unique style. The prints in the series were significantly successful, precisely because of the departure from Warhol's previous subject matter based on so-called mass culture. In the series, Warhol portrayed 10 animals included in the Endangered Species Act - the US Endangered Species Act of 1973 - and such animals as the African elephant, the American bald eagle, the great panda and just Grevy's zebra (brindle zebra) received their prints.