Mick Jagger
- Artist: Andy Warhol
- Date: 1975
- Medium: silkscreen print
- Dimensions: 43 7/8 in. x 28 7/8 in. (1115 mm x 735 mm)
- Portrays: Sir Michael Philip ('Mick') Jagger
- Museum: The National Portrait Gallery
- Collection record: The National Portrait Gallery website
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About this artwork
In this silkscreen print from 1975 you see the face of Sir Michael Philip “Mick” Jagger, the front‑handed vocalist who helped shape rock music for half a century. Warhol’s version is bright and bold: blocks of saturated colour sit beside the portrait, while quick drawn lines add texture around Jagger’s eyes and mouth. The technique—silkscreen—lets layers of ink stack neatly, giving the picture a crisp, almost flat quality that mirrors Pop Art’s fascination with mass‑produced imagery.
Warhol created ten such prints for this portfolio; each one captures Jagger in a slightly different pose or colour scheme. The artist was obsessed with fame, and here he turns a living rock star into a graphic icon. This portrait sits comfortably at 43 ⅞ by 28 ⅞ inches—large enough to read the fine detail of the face yet still manageable as a single screenprint.
The painting hangs in the National Portrait Gallery’s primary collection; its number is NPG 6561. The work has been part of the gallery since 1980 and shows Warhol’s skill at merging photography, colour blocks, and line art into one striking image.
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Mick Jagger is in the collection of The National Portrait Gallery at St Martin's Place, London — free to enter. Point your phone at any artwork there and audioguide.london plays a free audio guide in six languages — no app download needed.
