This collection of silkscreen and graphite art done by the Pop art icon was the last commission work Warhol did before his death, and it’s all about cars.
Andy Warhol, a name that immediately brings up images of Campbell's soup cans, Coca-Cola bottles, and Marilyn Monroe, was the innovator and leader in the Pop arts movement. Being an artist, he was also someone who did commission work in addition to displaying his art in your typical museum. Hisin 1986 and this set was to celebrate the German brand's 100th anniversary."Cars" was planned to feature 20 different Mercedes models across those 100 years as 80 different screen prints.
To its right, as you walk forward into the Armand Hammer Foundation Gallery, you'll quickly spot a replica of the original. This was the foundation of Mercedes-Benz along with the Diamler Motor Carriage and credited as the first practical automobile. It used a 1.0 liter single cylinder engine that made around 2/3 hp. Originally, the Patent-Motorwagen sold for $150 and somewhere around 25 were sold, but the sole surviving version built in 1988 resides at the Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart.
It was not only the first ever Grand Prix car to use mechanical direct fuel injection, but also the use of springless desmodromic valves in its 2.5 liter I-8 engine to produce 253.5 hp. It also used Elektron magnesium-alloy bodywork, in-board drum brakes and a double wishbone front suspension with torsion bars fitted inside the aluminum tubes of the frame.
and was the only example in private hands. All others are owned by Mercedes-Benz or by museums, as is the case of this W 196 R that is on loan from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum.. The thing was, Warhol did not have a driver's license. Instead, he purchased it, brand new, in 1974 with its 6.75 liter V-8 engine and owned it until his unfortunate passing.
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