Wayne Gretzky

Published by Frans Wynans, Vancouver, Canada
Printed by Rupert Jasen Smith, New York with blindstamps in the lower left and right corners

Literature:
Frayda Feldman and Jörg Schellmann, editors, Andy Warhol Prints: A Catalogue Raisonné, 1962 - 1987, 4th edition, 2003, reproduced page 133 and listed page 218, catalogue #II.306

Warhol created his piece Wayne Gretzky, a print of hockey’s “The Great One,” in 1984 to help draw attention to the Canadian art market. Though Andy Warhol was not a big hockey fan, he said of Gretzky “He’s more than a hockey player, he’s an entertainer” (Warhol in an interview with Matthew Flamm for CBC Radio News, January 1983).