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Cow Wallpaper F.S. II 12 A, 1976
Screen print on wall paper
45 1/2 x 29 3/4 in 115.6 x 75.6 cm
Edition of unknown size with approximately 100 signed in felt pen in 1979 ; Stamped and authenticated by the Andy Warhol Foundation For The Visual Arts
Andy Warhol’s Cow (FS.II 12A) (1976) is a screenprint on wallpaper that exemplifies the artist’s ability to transform even the most pastoral and traditional subjects into icons of Pop Art. Prior to creating the Cow series, Warhol was best known for works that centered on the commercial and the famous—soup cans, soda bottles, and silver-screen stars. But in the mid-1960s, art dealer Ivan Karp encouraged Warhol to explore subjects that were more universal and enduring in art history. Karp proposed cows—“wonderfully pastoral,” he remarked, and “a durable image in the history of the arts.”With Cow 12A, Warhol applied his signature Pop aesthetic—bold color, repetition, and graphic contrast—to an age-old motif, challenging the notion that Pop Art must focus solely on celebrity or commercial imagery. The result is a series that expands the definition of what can be commodified through art. Though the subject is bucolic and traditional, Warhol's treatment transforms it into something loud, playful, and unmistakably modern.This work marks a turning point in Warhol’s career. While still engaging with themes of mass production and surface-level appeal, the Cow series reflects a broader artistic inquiry: how meaning shifts when a familiar subject is filtered through the lens of Pop Art. Cow 12A, the final image in the series, crystallizes this transformation. With its aggressive use of color and electric contrast, it has the same arresting visual impact as Warhol’s celebrity portraits—despite depicting a farm animal rather than a film star.Importantly, the Cow series also inaugurated Warhol’s exploration of wallpaper as a medium. First used to line the walls of his gallery exhibitions, the wallpaper became a backdrop as striking as the works themselves. Visitors to the inaugural Cow wallpaper installation were greeted with rows of vibrantly colored cows, flooding the space with a surreal, almost psychedelic atmosphere.While Warhol often used complementary colors to create contrast, Cow 12A achieves its pop sensibility by pushing both foreground and background into the realm of the vividly saturated. The image feels both chaotic and comical, lending the piece a whimsical, almost cartoonish quality. The cow seems to pulsate with unnatural intensity—like a cow on an acid trip—evoking amusement and fascination in equal measure.Ultimately, Cow 12A underscores Warhol’s power to universalize his style. The cow, long a subject of traditional art, is here transformed into a mass-produced icon. Warhol didn’t need a brand or a movie star to achieve Pop; he needed only the right treatment. Through the Factory’s silkscreen process, even a cow becomes a commodity—and in doing so, a Warhol.For more information on Andy Warhol’s Cow (FS.II 12A) or to buy Cow (FS.II 12A), contact our galleries using the form below.
Price on Application

Cow Wallpaper, Wall panels · Andy Warhol · Phillips · 2016-04 · $100,000

Cow Wallpaper · Andy Warhol · Rago · 2022-03 · $13,000

Cow (wallpaper) · Andy Warhol · Phillips · 2022-03 · $12,600

Cow wallpaper · Andy Warhol · Bonhams · 2024-11 · $9,696

Cow wallpaper · Andy Warhol · Bonhams · 2024-07 · $8,907

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Andy Warhol Cow Wallpaper prints for sale are among the most playful and conceptually provocative works in his print catalogue. Originally presented as wallpaper — repeated across the walls of the Leo Castelli Gallery in New York in 1966 — the Cow series subverts both the solemn white-cube gallery environment and the seriousness of the Abstract Expressionism it was designed to provoke.
The Cow Wallpaper exists in two primary colourways: pink and yellow (FS II.11) and blue and black (FS II.12). Both were produced as screenprinted wallpaper panels and as individual framed prints. The wallpaper format — presented in multiples — is the most iconic and installation-specific version, while individual prints offer more accessible collecting options.
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Andy Warhol (1928–1987) is the defining figure of American Pop Art and the most commercially traded artist of the twentieth century. Born Andrew Warhola in Pittsburgh to Slovak immigrant parents, he rose from commercial illustrator to the architect of a cultural movement that permanently dissolved the boundary between fine art and mass media. His Manhattan studio, The Factory, became the epicentre of New York art and celebrity culture from the early 1960s until his death in February 1987.
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