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Life Savers (Ads, FS.II.353), 1985
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Details
Medium: hand-signed screenprint on Lenox Museum Board
Year: 1985
Edition: 281
Sheet size: 38 x 38"
Image size: 38 x 38"
Framed size: 47 x 47"
Signature: signed 'Andy Warhol' and annotated lower left
Year: 1985
Edition: 281
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
"Life Savers (FS.II.353)" is a screenprint on Lenox Museum Board created by Andy Warhol for his 1985 "Ads" portfolio. From the edition of 281, 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".
Andy Warhol’s "Life Savers (FS.II.353)," from the 1985 Ads portfolio, returns to one of the central subjects of his career: the persuasive power of commercial imagery. In this series, Warhol transformed familiar advertisements and logos into large-scale screenprints, isolating them from their original purpose and allowing viewers to see them as icons of modern desire.
Life Savers is among the most playful images in the portfolio. Unlike the glamour of Chanel or the corporate authority of Mobil, this print begins with a modest candy advertisement. Warhol enlarges it, intensifies its color, and turns its cheerful sales pitch into something both funny and strangely self-aware. The phrase “please do not lick this page!” is key to the image’s humor. It acknowledges the absurdity of advertising: a printed image can make an object feel tempting, edible, and close at hand, even though it remains only ink on paper.
The composition is built on repetition and appetite. Rows of candy rings move across the upper half of the sheet like bright, circular logos, while the Life Savers roll at the bottom anchors the image in product culture. The candies become decorative, almost jewel-like, but their appeal remains tied to childhood memory, sweetness, and instant gratification. Warhol makes the ordinary product look desirable while also exposing the mechanics of that desire.
The regular edition, with its pink ground, has a particularly light and confectionary quality. The soft background reinforces the candy subject, while the green and multicolored accents keep the image lively and accessible.
"Life Savers (FS.II.353)," demonstrates how Warhol could use color to change the personality of an image without changing its structure. "Life Savers" remains funny, nostalgic, and visually seductive, but each version carries a different tone: sweet, dramatic, or high-energy. The work succeeds because it is both accessible and sharp. Warhol gives us a candy ad, but also a concise image about appetite, branding, repetition, and the way advertising turns desire into something we can almost taste.
About the Artist
Life Savers (Ads, FS.II.353), 1985
Regular price
$295,000.00
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