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    1. Warhol’s Orangutan In 1983, Andy Warhol parlayed his lifelong interest in animals into a series of 10 screenprints he called Endangered Species. The brightly colored prints with vigorous, erratic lines—described by Warhol as “animals in make-up”—depict animals such as a giant panda, a Grevy’s zebra, a bald eagle, and, as pictured above, an orangutan, envisioned majestically and yet betraying a poignant resignation to their fate.  Warhol’s Orangutan In 1983, Andy Warhol parlayed his lifelong interest in animals into a series of 10 screenprints he called Endangered Species. The brightly colored prints with vigorous, erratic lines—described by Warhol as “animals in make-up”—depict animals such as a giant panda, a Grevy’s zebra, a bald eagle, and, as pictured above, an orangutan, envisioned majestically and yet betraying a poignant resignation to their fate. 

      July 16, 2012

      Warhol’s Orangutan

      In 1983, Andy Warhol parlayed his lifelong interest in animals into a series of 10 screenprints he called Endangered Species.

      The brightly colored prints with vigorous, erratic lines—described by Warhol as “animals in make-up”—depict animals such as a giant panda, a Grevy’s zebra, a bald eagle, and, as pictured above, an orangutan, envisioned majestically and yet betraying a poignant resignation to their fate. 

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