Title: Karen Kain (FS II236)
Medium: Screenprint with diamond dust on Lenox Museum Board.
Year: 1980
Size: 40″x 32″
Edition: 200, 30 AP, 5 PP, 25 TP. Signed and numbered in pencil lower right. The edition of 200 is also signed by Karen Kain. Printed by Rupert Jasen Smith in New York. Published by William Hechter in Toronto, Canada.

KAREN KAIN (FS II236)

Kain is a Canadian ballet dancer who trained at the National Ballet School of Canada. She later became the artistic director at the National Ballet School of Canada. This screenprint is based off a photograph of the dancer. The portrait is embellished with blocks of vibrant yellows, oranges, purples and blues.

KAREN KAIN (FS II236) AS PART OF ANDY WARHOL’S LARGER BODY OF WORK

The Karen Kain portrait is a colored screen print created with diamond dust on Lenox museum board in 1980. Karen Kain captivated Warhol as she did to audiences around the world who watched her as a principal ballet dancer in the National Ballet of Canada. The screen print was based off of an Polaroid taken by Warhol in his famed studio, The Factory. Kain admitted to it taking many years to warm up to the portrait done of her, her print now proudly hangs in her dining room.