Sunset Unique Yellow
by Andy Warhol
Year: 1972
Medium: screenprint
Size: 34 × 34 in (86.36 x 86.36 cm)
Edition: 470
Signed – Yes, Genre – Pop
Radiating with the theatrical colour and repetition central to Andy Warhol’s Pop Art, Sunset Unique Yellow (1972) captures the artist’s fascination with light, landscape, and modern spectacle. This 34 × 34-inch screenprint is signed and comes from an edition of 470. Its vivid composition, distinctive visual language, and place within Warhol’s celebrated Sunset series offer strong appeal to collectors seeking a striking work with recognised provenance.
Sunset Unique Yellow belongs to Andy Warhol’s celebrated Sunset series, created in 1972 from his collaboration with architect Philip Johnson. The works were commissioned for the interior of the Rothko Chapel in Houston, though Warhol’s contribution ultimately became a distinct body of abstract sunset images. There is no street-graffiti version: Warhol created these works through photography, screenprinting, and studio experimentation, not street art.
The radiant yellow field transforms the sunset into an emotional landscape. Rather than depicting a specific place, Warhol uses light, color, and repetition to suggest calm, spirituality, memory, and the fleeting nature of time. The image sits between Pop Art and abstraction, showing how far Warhol could push a familiar subject.
For collectors, unique Sunset works are especially compelling because they are singular rather than standard editions. Their rarity, provenance, scale, color, and exhibition history can make a major difference to market value.
From our gallery perspective, Sunset Unique Yellow reveals Warhol at his most atmospheric: less about celebrity, more about light and experience.
It belongs to Warhol’s early-1970s experimental period, alongside his Shadows, Flowers, and other color-driven works. For collectors seeking a rare, sophisticated Warhol beyond the iconic Pop images, this is an exceptional opportunity.
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Sunset Unique Yellow
by Andy Warhol
Year: 1972
Medium: screenprint
Size: 34 × 34 in (86.36 x 86.36 cm)
Edition: 470
Radiating with the theatrical colour and repetition central to Andy Warhol’s Pop Art, Sunset Unique Yellow (1972) captures the artist’s fascination with light, landscape, and modern spectacle. This 34 × 34-inch screenprint is signed and comes from an edition of 470. Its vivid composition, distinctive visual language, and place within Warhol’s celebrated Sunset series offer strong appeal to collectors seeking a striking work with recognised provenance.
Sunset Unique Yellow belongs to Andy Warhol’s celebrated Sunset series, created in 1972 from his collaboration with architect Philip Johnson. The works were commissioned for the interior of the Rothko Chapel in Houston, though Warhol’s contribution ultimately became a distinct body of abstract sunset images. There is no street-graffiti version: Warhol created these works through photography, screenprinting, and studio experimentation, not street art.
The radiant yellow field transforms the sunset into an emotional landscape. Rather than depicting a specific place, Warhol uses light, color, and repetition to suggest calm, spirituality, memory, and the fleeting nature of time. The image sits between Pop Art and abstraction, showing how far Warhol could push a familiar subject.
For collectors, unique Sunset works are especially compelling because they are singular rather than standard editions. Their rarity, provenance, scale, color, and exhibition history can make a major difference to market value.
From our gallery perspective, Sunset Unique Yellow reveals Warhol at his most atmospheric: less about celebrity, more about light and experience.
It belongs to Warhol’s early-1970s experimental period, alongside his Shadows, Flowers, and other color-driven works. For collectors seeking a rare, sophisticated Warhol beyond the iconic Pop images, this is an exceptional opportunity.