Cow 1976 pink purple is a museum quality art print of an original silkscreen by pop artist andy warhol warhol was inspired to produce images of cows by ivan karp an art dealer who told warhol why dont you paint some cows theyre so wonderfully pastoral and such a durable image in the history of the arts his cow took on bright pop colours and equally bright backgrounds they were also reproduced as a wallpaper image credit tm the andy warhol foundation for the visual arts in