MICK JAGGER (F. & S. II.144), 1975: Print by Andy Warhol from the Jagger series

  • Andy Warhol Mick Jagger (F. & S. II.144) 1975 screenprint portrait with monochrome black and white layering, fragmented profile and bold geometric blocks, signed edition of 250
    Mick Jagger (F. & S. II.144), 1975

    Screenprint on paper, H 110cm X W 73cm

    Edition of 250, 50 AP, 3 PP 

    ©The Andy Warhol Foundation

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    Andy Warhol’s Mick Jagger (F. & S. II.144), 1975, is one of the most strikingly minimal compositions within the Mick Jagger series, defined by its near-monochrome palette and strong geometric structure. Warhol presents Jagger in profile, his head tilted upward, rendered through a combination of photographic detail and loose, gestural line. Large black forms cut across the image, partially obscuring the face and creating a sharp contrast between light and shadow.
     
    The colour reduction intensifies the composition, emphasising form, contrast, and fragmentation rather than vibrancy. Produced as a screenprint in an edition of 250, with additional artist’s proofs, impressions are typically signed by both Mick Jagger and Andy Warhol. This work stands out within the portfolio for its bold simplicity and graphic impact, demonstrating Warhol’s ability to achieve a powerful visual result through restraint and structure.
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  • "I want to be a machine." 

     

    - Andy Warhol

    The repetition of Mick Jagger’s image within Warhol’s 1975 portfolio is closely tied to his use of screenprinting, a process that allowed him to reproduce the same photographic source across multiple compositions while introducing subtle variations in colour, line, and alignment. By working from a single image and reworking it through layering and fragmentation, Warhol emphasised how celebrity operates through repetition, with the same face circulating across media in endlessly shifting forms. Screenprinting enabled this balance between consistency and variation, reinforcing the idea that Jagger’s identity, like all modern celebrity, is constructed, reproduced, and continually redefined through image.