Napoleon Loved Josephine, from the series Love is a Pink Cake

Andy Warhol

1953

  • Titles Napoleon Loved Josephine, from the series Love is a Pink Cake (Proper)@Love is a Pink Cake (Book)
  • Artist Andy Warhol, American, 1928 - 1987
  • Medium offset lithograph and watercolor (hand coloring)
  • Dimensions sheet: 11 × 8 1/2 in. (27.9 × 21.6 cm) image: 8 1/2 × 6 3/4 in. (21.6 × 17.1 cm) mat: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
  • Credit Line Gift of Richard and Terry McFalls in honor of Thelma McFalls and in memory of Paul McFalls, 1994.311
  • Work Type print
  • Classification Prints

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