reated as part of Warhol’s Endangered Species portfolio, Orangutan exemplifies the artist’s fusion of Pop Art aesthetics with environmental consciousness. Commissioned by Ronald and Frayda Feldman in 1983, the series highlighted ten animals listed under the United States Endangered Species Act of 1973. Warhol’s portrait of the orangutan presents the primate gazing outward, its rounded face framed by vibrant orange and yellow tones, with powder-blue highlights in the eyes that lend a striking immediacy.

Published by Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, Inc., New York, and printed by Rupert Jasen Smith, the work reflects Warhol’s mastery of silkscreen technique and his ability to transform urgent ecological themes into iconic visual statements. The orangutan, then and now critically endangered, is elevated here into a symbol of both fragility and resilience, rendered with Warhol’s characteristic bold palette and graphic precision.