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Hammer And Sickle (F & S. II 164), 1977
Screen print on Strathmore Bristol Paper Signed and numbered in pencil on lower left.
32 x 40 in 81.3 x 101.6 cm
Edition of 50, 10 AP, 2 PP, 1 HC
Hammer And Sickle (F & S. II 164) restructures the universally-recognized symbol while maintaining its key elements and symbolic value. Under Warhol’s instruction, Ronnie Cutrone scoured communist bookstores of New York city searching for an appropriate source image for the prints. Warhol found all of the traditional images too flat, so Cutrone purchased a hammer and sickle from a hardware store. “The answer was to go down to Canal Street, into a hardware store, and buy a real hammer and a real sickle. Then I could shoot them, lit with long menacing shadows. And add the drama that was missing from the flat-stenciled book versions” (Ronnie Cutrone, Hammer and Sickle, 2002).Warhol generates new perspectives of the symbol by depicting the tools in various positions throughout the full series. Hammer And Sickle (F & S. II 164) resembles the original iconography most closely, due to the diagonal positioning and the crossing over of the tools. Warhol maintains his notable style with blocked color swatches and linework shading, while harnessing the infamous red color of the communist flag.For obvious reasons, Hammer and Sickle 164 and its counterparts garnered controversy. When asked about the subject matter and desire to create such a portfolio, Warhol simply responded, “we went off to the store and bought a hammer and sickle. Bob (editor of Interview Magazine) has a lawn to cut.” Though Warhol also created works depicting communist figures Mao Zedong and Lenin, the Hammer and Sickle portfolio doesn’t function as an affirmation of the symbol’s acquired meaning. The portfolio detaches the symbol from its use as a political statement, instead reflecting the sensationalism of the image and its overall potency as a political icon.Warhol’s bold approach to addressing the political issues of the time showed that he was cognizant of political unrest and the importance of creating a statement through art. He chose the feared symbol of communism and contrasted it with the lighthearted nature of the Pop Art feel, in order to evoke satire as a personal commentary on the Cold War. Warhol’s awareness of the ties and connotations that are attached to the imagery of the hammer and sickle are very much present.Ultimately, Hammer And Sickle (F & S. II 164) exhibits Warhol’s powerful ability to appropriate popular symbols and invite his audience to view them within an aesthetic framework, where the usual function of the symbol may fall away. At the same time, the bare meaning of the imagery remains, and allows viewers to appreciate the cultural power of the symbol without necessarily affirming its use in reality. With Hammer and Sickle, Warhol reveals the blurred line we often find between propaganda and art.For more information on Warhol’s Hammer And Sickle (F & S. II 164) or to buy Hammer And Sickle (F & S. II 164), contact our galleries using the form below.
Price on Application

Hammer and Sickle · Andy Warhol · Christie's · 2002-05 · $119,500

Hammer and Sickle · Andy Warhol · Sotheby's · 2022-10 · $107,100

Hammer and Sickle · Andy Warhol · Christie's · 2020-10 · $81,250

Hammer and Sickle (Special Edition) · Andy Warhol · Christie's · 2007-10 · $79,000

Hammer and Sickle (Feldman & Schellmann II. 161-164) · Andy Warhol · Sotheby's · 2023-04 · $69,850

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Andy Warhol Hammer and Sickle prints for sale are from his 1977 series — a characteristically deadpan engagement with Cold War iconography in which the Soviet symbol of industrial and agricultural labour is elevated to the same status as Campbell's Soup cans or Marilyn Monroe's face. The series transforms a politically charged emblem into a pure visual object.
The Hammer and Sickle portfolio comprises four screenprints (FS II.161–164) published in a signed edition of 250. The series is actively collected and appears regularly at auction. The combination of political charge and visual boldness — rendered in Warhol's signature flat, high-contrast palette — makes it one of the most arresting series of his mid-career output.
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