Andy WARHOL - Truck 367

Truck 367 by Andy Warhol is one of four screenprints from Warhol’s 1985 Truck portfolio. The Truck series was commissioned by the Federal Association of German Long-Distance Freight Transport (Bundesverband des Deutschen Guterfernverkehrs) to honor the twentieth World Congress of the International Road Transportation Union (IRU). The IRU Congress, which is still active to this day, works on economic and eco-conscious solutions for mass transportation within the European Union. Truck 367 was printed by Rupert Jansen Smith in New York, and published by Hermann Wunsche in Bonn, Germany. Although the BDF commissioned the series, Truck directly reflects Warhol’s fascination with industrial society and the the booming postwar economy.