ANDY WARHOL (USA, 1928-1987)Cologne Cathedral, 1985.Screenprint with diamond dust, issue 15/15.Edition of 60 copies and 15 P.A.Hand signed.Attached certificate issued by the Hartmann Gallery.Measurements: 100 x 85 cm .; 108 x 88 cm. (Frame).Warhol produced a limited series of prints in different colors of the profile of the Cologne Cathedral, thus transforming an icon of Gothic architecture into a pop image, redefining its meaning. Applying the same serigraphic principle as in movie stars, the idea of repetition and semantic transfer (of a cinematic or architectural icon) handles similar conceptual tensions of sacralization versus iconographic secularization. In this case, he slightly simplifies the details of Gothic architecture through his silkscreen process to emphasize the iconic essence of the cathedral profile.Andrew Warhola, commonly known as Andy Warhol, was an American visual artist, filmmaker and music producer who played a crucial role in the birth and development of pop art. Considered in his time a guru of modernity, Warhol has been one of the most influential artists of the 20th century. He is currently represented in the world's most important contemporary art museums, such as the MoMA, the Metropolitan and the Guggenheim in New York, the Fukoka Museum in Japan, the Kunstmuseum in Basel, the National Art Museum of the 21st century in Rome, the MUMOK in Vienna, the SMAK in Ghent and the Tate Gallery in London, as well as in the museums that bear his name in Pittsburgh and Medzilaborce (Slovakia).