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Giant Panda (FS.II.295, Endangered Species), 1983
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Medium: hand-signed screenprint on Lenox Museum Board
Year: 1983
Edition: 234
Sheet size: 38 x 38"
Image size: 38 x 38"
Framed size: 47 x 47"
Signature: signed 'Andy Warhol' and annotated lower left
Year: 1983
Edition: 234
Sheet size: 38 x 38"
Image size: 38 x 38"
Framed size: 47 x 47"
Signature: signed 'Andy Warhol' and annotated lower left
About the Work
"Giant Panda (FS.II.295)" is a screenprint on Lenox Museum Board created by Andy Warhol in 1983 for his 'Endangered Species' series. From the edition of 234, the artwork is signed 'Andy Warhol' and annotated lower left. The artwork is framed in a custom, closed corner, gold leaf frame and has a framed size of 47 x 47". The artwork ships framed and accompanied by a certificate of authenticity.
Andy Warhol’s "Giant Panda (FS.II.295)," from the 1983 "Endangered Species" portfolio, transforms one of the world’s most recognizable animals into a vivid Pop icon. Created as part of a ten-print series devoted to threatened wildlife, the image shows Warhol applying the same visual force he brought to celebrities and consumer symbols to a subject from the natural world.
The panda was an especially fitting choice. Long associated with global conservation, the giant panda had already become a powerful symbol of environmental awareness by the time Warhol created this portfolio. Its distinctive face, gentle posture, and broad public affection made it unusually legible as an image — instantly recognizable, emotionally accessible, and easy to remember. Warhol understood the power of that visibility. In "Giant Panda," he turns the animal into a kind of celebrity portrait, suggesting that attention itself can become a form of advocacy.
The print’s appeal lies in the tension between charm and urgency. The seated panda is approachable and almost playful, but Warhol’s treatment prevents the image from becoming sentimental. The familiar black-and-white animal is transformed through red, orange, yellow, hot pink, and electric blue. The bright body and high-key outlines make the image feel artificial, amplified, and unmistakably modern. Rather than depicting nature in naturalistic terms, Warhol presents the panda as an image already circulating through popular culture, conservation campaigns, and public imagination.
Today, the work has added resonance. The giant panda is now often cited as a conservation success story, having been reclassified from “endangered” to “vulnerable” after population gains, though it remains a threatened species requiring continued protection. That history makes Warhol’s image feel less like a static warning and more like a reminder that visibility, public concern, and sustained conservation can matter.
Within Warhol’s late print production, "Giant Panda" is one of the most accessible works from the "Endangered Species" portfolio. It offers strong color, a large square format, and an immediately engaging subject, while also carrying a meaningful environmental theme. The image is cheerful at first glance, but its deeper subject is fragility: how easily beauty can become vulnerable, and how images can help shape what people choose to value and protect.
Warhol once observed, “I think having land and not ruining it is the most beautiful art that anybody could ever want to own.” "Giant Panda" gives that idea visual form, turning an endangered animal into an image of affection, attention, and responsibility.
About the Artist
Giant Panda (FS.II.295, Endangered Species), 1983
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$485,000.00
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