A set of limited edition prints of The Queen by theartist Andy Warhol are to go on display at Windsor Castle.The fourbrightly coloured images were acquired by the Royal Collection in May and willbe exhibited in The Queen: Portraits Of A Monarch from November.
A limited runof 30 sets of the "Royal Edition" prints were made, coated withparticles of diamond and crushed glass.
Royal librarianJane Roberts described them as "huge, extremely colourful and verystriking".
The portraits,each measuring 39in (100cm) by 31.5in (80cm), were created in 1985 as part of aseries called Reigning Queens.
Warhol used aphoto taken in April 1975 by photographer Peter Grugeon to create the artwork.The RoyalCollection owns set 14. Recently Sotheby's sold set 25 for £109,250.
Ms Robertssaid: "The Warhol prints of the Queen are in many ways the most importantpopular image of the Queen to be created by an artist print maker over the lastfew decades.
"What AndyWarhol did with print making was very new, and particularly in these imageswhere he uses the same outlines and applies different colourways to it, whichis something very personal to him. It's playing around with an image in a waywhich is entirely new."
She added:"Warhol produced these prints in these different colourways with theintention that they should be seen together as a set, reacting off eachother."
The newexhibition at Windsor Castle presents the paintings alongside a selection ofofficial, commissioned and formal portraits of The Queen from her six decadeson the throne. It will continue until 9 June next year.
Source:BBC
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