Royal Collection buys Warhol portraits of queen
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Exhibition curator Lauren Porter (left), and Royal Collection staff members Allan Chinn (second left), Martin Clayton (second right), and Kate Stone stand with four Andy Warhol portraits of Queen Elizabeth II in Windsor Castle, Windsor, England, Monday Sept 24, 2012, that will form part of the Portraits Of A Monarch exhibit starting in November at Windsor Castle until June 2013. -- PHOTO: AP
LONDON (AP) - Britain's Royal Collection Trust has gone Pop Art with the purchase of four famous Andy Warhol portraits of Queen Elizabeth II.
The colorful screenprints are based on a formal photograph of the queen wearing a tiara and necklace that was used during her Silver Jubilee celebrations in 1977.
They will form part of the Portraits of a Monarch exhibit starting in November at Windsor Castle. The purchase was announced on Monday, but royal officials refused to say how much was paid for the portraits.
The purchase brings the distinctive style of the American artist to a collection of portraits of British rulers that dates back to the 15th Century.
