By the '70s, Warhol no longer relied on secondary imagery and had expanded his range of subjects. He often took his own photographs and the ‘hand-made’ look became increasingly evident by additions of collage elements using torn papers, which were produced in a seemingly endless array of colours. The series of screen prints of Mick Jagger manifest this change in style.
Warhol met Jagger in 1963 when the band the Rolling Stones were not well known in the US. Warhol had designed the band’s provocative album cover Sticky Fingers. The album and the design proved to be a huge success. Warhol turned to the subject of Mick Jagger, now a celebrity friend and part of the New York club scene to explore in his art.
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