Mick Jagger (FS II.147) is one of the ten dynamic silkscreen prints from Andy Warhol’s celebrated “Mick Jagger” portfolio, created in 1975. This collaboration between the Pop Art icon and the Rolling Stones’ frontman captures the intersection of art, music, and celebrity at its most electric moment. Both Warhol and Jagger were cultural titans of the 1970s—symbols of glamour, rebellion, and self-invention—and this print epitomizes that shared energy.
In FS II.147, Warhol presents Jagger in a close-up pose that radiates intensity and allure. The portrait is built on a black-and-white photographic base, over which Warhol layered bold, gestural outlines and planes of vivid color—typically reds, yellows, blues, and deep blacks. The fragmented layering and expressive hand-drawn lines lend the image a sense of immediacy, as if Jagger’s charisma and movement have been frozen in mid-performance.
Warhol’s screenprinting technique—mechanical yet personalized through his hand-drawn marks—mirrors the duality of Jagger’s persona: raw and authentic on stage, yet meticulously crafted as a cultural brand. This tension between spontaneity and artifice lies at the heart of the Mick Jagger series.
Each print in the edition was signed by both Warhol and Jagger, making the portfolio a rare collaboration between two creative icons who both understood the power of image and fame. In Mick Jagger (FS II.147), Warhol doesn’t simply depict a rock star—he distills the essence of 1970s celebrity itself: seductive, commanding, and larger than life.