Which 1985 Andy Warhol series features portraits of reigning queens, including Elizabeth II?

Andy Warhol’s 1985 series featuring portraits of reigning queens, including Elizabeth II, is titled Reigning Queens.

Reigning Queens presents screen-printed portraits of four reigning female monarchs: Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, Beatrix of the Netherlands, Margrethe II of Denmark, and Ntfombi Twala of Swaziland, now Eswatini. Warhol based the images on official or widely circulated photographs.

The series shows his continuing interest in royalty as a form of global celebrity. Bright colors, repeated photographic outlines, and decorative surfaces connect the monarchs to the same mass-media culture that shaped his portraits of film stars and musicians.

The series is not the same as Warhol’s earlier Ladies and Gentlemen portraits, which depict drag performers. Reigning Queens focuses specifically on reigning female monarchs and was issued in portfolios and related variations.