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Andy Warhol purchased a Polaroid Big Shot camera around 1970 and used it to capture the images that would be the starting point for much of his work until the end of his life. The photographs, like those of Italian artist Sandro Chia seen in the…

In 1972, the architectural firm Johnson & Burgee commissioned Warhol to create a series of sunset prints to decorate the Hotel Marquette in Minneapolis. The resulting 632 prints, each one different and unique, exemplify Warhol’s utilization of the…

The screen print of Sitting Bull was based on a well-known 1881 photograph of the Hunkapapa Lakota Sioux chief taken by Orlando Scott Goff in Bismarck, North Dakota. In 1876, Sitting Bull led a united confederation of Lakota tribes to defeat General…

Andy Warhol, prodigy of American Pop Art, was born Andrew Warhola in 1928. As a child, he suffered from a rare neurological disorder typified by uncontrollable movements, requiring him to miss school frequently. He escaped boredom during these times…

Jon Gould was one of Warhol’s few great loves. When they met in 1980, Gould was a Paramount Pictures executive and only 27 years old. Friends described him as a man living two lives, one by himself in Los Angeles, the other in New York with Warhol,…

Jon Gould was one of Warhol’s few great loves. When they met in 1980, Gould was a Paramount Pictures executive and only 27 years old. Friends described him as a man living two lives, one by himself in Los Angeles, the other in New York with Warhol,…

The screen prints and photographs seen here illustrate the breadth of Warhol’s documentation of American culture, from a surreptitious beach shot to the glitz of the high-fashion runway to his more reflective late works that forefront romanticized…

Despite the financial hardships of his Depression era youth, Warhol’s parents, Andrej and Julia, bought his first camera at the age of eight. This gift would lead to a lifetime of observing and documenting his surroundings and relationships that…

IIn 1986, Andy Warhol produced Cowboys and Indians, a series of ten prints depicting legendary figures of the American West—General Custer, pop culture’s eternal cowboy John Wayne, and Geronimo—along with a romanticized portrait of a Native American…

This artist’s book, Andy Warhol’s Index (Book), allows another glimpse into Warhol’s working methods. The book is opened to a photograph that captures an intimate moment of the artist at work, amidst row upon row of unfinished silkscreens, feverishly…