| Suicide (Purple Jumping Man) | |
|---|---|
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| Artist | Andy Warhol |
| Year | 1963 |
| Type | Silkscreen on canvas |
| Dimensions | 230 cm× 202 cm(90.5 in× 79.5 in) |
| Location | Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran |
Suicide (Purple Jumping Man) is a 1963 silkscreen painting by an American pop artist, Andy Warhol. It is currently in the collection of the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art in Tehran. [1]
During 1970s Iran's oil revenue had increased and the king and queen of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and Farah Diba decided to establish a museum of contemporary art in order to modernize their country. [2] [3] Suicide (Purple Jumping Man) was among the paintings that Tony Shafrazi, the Iranian-born American art dealer, bought for the collection of this museum. [4]
At that time, Andy Warhol was interested in the idea and painted portraits of the king and his wife. [3]
Suicide (Purple Jumping Man) depicts two images in sequence, recorded by a documentary photographer, silk-screened in black ink on a purple ground. [5]
According to Tony Shafrazi, Suicide (Purple Jumping Man) is one of the greatest works of Warhol. Shafrazi estimates the painting's value at 70 million dollars. [4]
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