RICHARD BERNSTEIN - ELIZABETH TAYLOR, 1974

This Elizabeth Taylor mask was created for Diana Vreeland, the curator of the 1974 Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute MET Gala “Romantic and Glamorous Hollywood Design.” In a letter to Bernstein after the gala, Ms. Vreeland wrote: “Those masks were PERFECTION! PERFECTION!” Elizabeth Taylor was the essence of Hollywood glamourand royalty and this mask honors her classic beauty.

Bernstein, R. (2021). Elizabeth Taylor, 1974. [Giclée fine art print encased in acrylic, hand finished].

Limited Edition: 44/1000, 45/1000

Edition of 1000

Engraved plaque with reproduction of the artist signature on verso

Certificate of Authenticity & Custom Box

Provenance: The Estate of Richard Bernstein, Westport, CT

Ready to hang with attached french cleat to float wall piece ½” from wall.

12.8” (32.8 cm) x 12.5” (31.8 cm)

Richard Bernstein (1939-2002) was an American Pop Artist widely remembered as the creator of the iconic portraits for Andy Warhol’s Interview Magazine from 1972 to 1989. Since the mid ‘60s he was one of the first artists to blur the line between commercial and fine art. Bernstein’s technicolor artwork captured the glamor and extravagance of the Pop Art era, whom Andy Warhol called “my favorite artist.” In the early 1980s Bernstein was one of the pioneering artists working with computer generated graphics. He created a portrait of David Bowie in 1983, which is the first digitally created portrait from the Pop Art movement. His works are in permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art; Metropolitan Museum of Art; National Portrait Gallery, among others, and has been exhibited internationally, including The Nottingham Contemporary, The Whitney Museum, The Brooklyn Museum, and most recently the Warhol Museum.

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