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Also Known As Andrew Warhola
Born August 6, 1928 • Pittsburgh • Pennsylvania
Died February 22, 1987 (aged 58) • New York City • New York
Notable Works “Blue Movie” • “Chelsea Girls” • “Lupe” • “My Hustler” • “Poor Little Rich Girl”
Movement / Style Pop art • ready-made

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Five Andy Warhol paintings of Campbell's soup cans, each labeled with a different soup variety, displayed in a row on a white wall at Museumsquartier in Vienna.
Joe Dallesandro, wearing a necklace, sits between two women in a living room scene from Andy Warhol's Flesh (1968), with plants visible in the background.
Andy Warhol
Andy Warhol and Tennessee Williams
Halston, Bianca Jagger, Jack Haley, Jr., Liza Minnelli, and Andy Warhol sit closely together in formal attire, surrounded by other guests at a crowded Studio 54 New Year's Eve party.
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