Andy Warhol created his silk screen painting Statue of Liberty in 1962 using
silkscreen ink and spray paint on linen. Just as the title suggests, the painting’s subject is
the Statue of Liberty, repeated in a pattern twelve times (not including the right side of
the painting where the image repeats four additional times, but is cut off). The painting is
currently being exhibited at the Arkansas Arts Center, but it belongs to the Andy Warhol
Museum in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It is relatively large at 80 by 61 inches (that’s
bigger than me!). One must look up at the painting if not standing far enough away to
view it in its entirety.
The image that repeats twelve times in the painting is that of the Statue of Liberty
standing face on, and we view her from her legs up. We are able to see her torch, or at
least most of it, and the horizon in the background. The painting is mostly in the cool hue
of blue, but not in its normal value; it may have some green mixed in with it. In contrast
to the blue, there is the warm hue of red visible in the top right quarter of the painting.
The painting is not centered on the linen, but rather somewhat aligned to the right, so