RICHARD BERNSTEIN - MADONNA, 1985

Queen of Pop! Madonna was already making record-breaking hits by the time she landed on the December 1985 cover of INTERVIEW Magazine. Richard first met Madonna two years earlier at Studio 54 when she performed for the anniversary of Fiorucci. Richard was able to capture her true essence. He depicted her as a fairy, a mythical creature with supernatural powers to delight and entertain the world; a departure from her typical sexy, lace-clad ensembles at that time.

Bernstein, R. (2021). Madonna, 1985. [Giclée Fine Art Print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag archival paper].

Limited Edition: 19/150, 20/150, 21/150

Edition of 150

Artist Estate ink stamp on verso

Certificate of Authenticity

Provenance: The Estate of Richard Bernstein, Westport, CT

Print size with ½” added white border:

23.5” (59.7 cm) x 31” (78.7 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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