Graphite and gouache on paper
Tate Collection
Works with images
General Collection
ARTIST ROOMS
National Heritage Memorial Fund
Art Fund
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<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/andy-warhol-2121" aria-label="More by Andy Warhol" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">Andy Warhol</a>
Man and Woman and Two Chairs
ARTIST ROOMS
Acquired jointly with the National Galleries of Scotland through The d'Offay Donation with assistance from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and the Art Fund 2008
actions: postures and motions
adults
architecture
chair
features
furnishings
man
objects
people
sitting
wall
woman
paper unique graphite gouache
15 May 2009 – 5 July 2009
2009-07-05
15 May 2009 – 5 July 2009
2009-07-05
2009-05-15
New Art Gallery Walsall (Walsall, UK)
http://www.artatwalsall.org.uk/
2009-05-15
ARTIST ROOMS 2009: Andy Warhol Drawings
Loan-out
17 November 2018 – 2 June 2019
2019-06-02
17 November 2018 – 2 June 2019
2019-06-02
2018-11-17
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art (Edinburgh, UK)
http://www.nationalgalleries.org/
2018-11-17
Andy Warhol and Eduardo Paolozzi: I want to be a machine
15 March 2025 – 29 June 2025
2025-06-29
15 March 2025 – 29 June 2025
2025-06-29
2025-03-15
MK Gallery (Milton Keynes, UK)
2025-03-15
Andy Warhol
Loan-out
Man and Woman and Two Chairs
support: 583 × 735 mm
frame: 858 × 1008 × 35 mm
<a href="/search?gid=999999788" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">ARTIST ROOMS</a>
Acquired jointly with the National Galleries of Scotland through The d'Offay Donation with assistance from the <a href="/search?gid=999999967" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">National Heritage Memorial Fund</a> and the <a href="/search?gid=999999968" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Art Fund</a> 2008
<p>During the early 1960s Warhol began to experiment with ways to get noticed and taken seriously in the world of fine art. The work he produced at this time is therefore experimental and displays some of the characteristics that would continue throughout his oeuvre, such as the use of appropriated imagery (often photographs found in a library). Yet, it often lacks the confidence and simplicity of his Pop images which were to gain him that much-desired recognition. This work is unusual, as the image itself does not make a great deal of sense. The central panel appears to be a brick fireplace but it is in the centre of the room , with empty chairs positioned in front. Are the couple playing a game, or has Warhol omitted a detail that would perhaps explain the situation?</p>

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actions: postures and motions adults architecture chair features furnishings man objects people sitting wall woman