Andy Warhol Large Poster Double Elvis 1963 Madrid Exhibition

This large Andy Warhol exhibition poster features Double Elvis (1963), depicting two repeated images of Elvis Presley in a cowboy pose. It reproduces the poster design for Estructuras repetitivas at Fundación Juan March in Madrid, Spain. This copy is an official museum reprint edition, not the 1985 edition.

Product details

• Artist: Andy Warhol.
• Featured artwork: Double Elvis, 1963. This date refers to the artwork, not the manufacture of this poster.
• Subject: Elvis Presley, shown twice in a Western film pose.
• Exhibition: Estructuras repetitivas, Fundación Juan March, Madrid.
• Dates printed on the poster: 12 December 1985–16 February 1986.
• Format: large, vertical exhibition poster on paper.
• Measurements: 97.8 × 54.2 cm / 38.5 × 21.33 in.
• Frame: not included.

About the image

Warhol likely based the image on a film still from the 1960 movie Flaming Star. His Elvis paintings bring together cinema, celebrity culture and repeated imagery, making this subject particularly relevant to collectors of Pop Art, Elvis Presley memorabilia and film-related exhibition posters.

The original work belongs to a group of twenty-three Elvis canvases first exhibited at the Ferus Gallery in Los Angeles in 1963, Warhol's second exhibition there. Rather than framing the works himself, Warhol sent a roll of canvas silkscreened with repeating images of Elvis, stretcher bars of different sizes and instructions allowing the gallery to cut the canvas into segments as it saw fit.

The Elvis canvases were Warhol's first to feature multiple, overlapping figures, a device that suggests movement or flickering against a silver-screen background. This historical information concerns the original paintings, not the printing technique or material of this paper poster. Artwork background credit: The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA.org).

Condition and edition

Condition: 7/10. Please review the photographs for the visible condition of this particular copy. Official museum reprint edition; not the 1985 edition. The production date of this reprint is not specified. Sold without a frame.

Colour palette and interior styling

The photographed poster combines dark, near-black figures and a dark lower panel with a pale, warm-toned background. Ochre-orange exhibition lettering and deep red Fundación Juan March text add restrained colour beneath the repeated Elvis image. This predominantly neutral palette suits an industrial living room with black metal and aged wood, a mid-century modern music corner or a cinema-inspired workspace. Its tall format can work on a narrow wall or as a vertical anchor in an eclectic gallery wall, while warm cream walls and small rust-red or ochre accents can echo the printed colours without competing with the image.

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