Andy Warhol’s 1963 painting featuring repeated images of Elvis Presley is Eight Elvises. The work presents eight overlapping images of Presley as a cowboy or gunfighter, derived from a publicity photograph.
Warhol used the repeated figure to connect celebrity portraiture with the visual language of mass media. The image was printed in silver and black, giving the painting a metallic, cinematic appearance and emphasizing Presley’s status as a manufactured public icon.
Eight Elvises was originally part of a larger composition. In 2008, it was sold privately for a reported price of about 100 million dollars, making it one of the most expensive works associated with Warhol.
The title is easy to confuse with Warhol’s other Elvis paintings, including Double Elvis and Triple Elvis. Those titles refer to different numbers of repeated Presley figures, while Eight Elvises specifically contains eight.