RICHARD AVEDON (1923-2004)

Andy Warhol and Members of the Factory, October 30, 1969

Details

RICHARD AVEDON (1923-2004)
Andy Warhol and Members of the Factory, October 30, 1969
gelatin silver triptych
one of an edition of 50
7½ x 27 3/8in. (19 x 74cm.) overall; in artist's frame

Provenance

Marlborough Gallery, New York; The Collection of Andy Warhol; With Robert Miller Gallery, New York

Literature

Avedon and Rosenberg, Portraits, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1976, n.p.; Avedon, An Autobiography, Random House, 1993, n.p., no. 131; Livingston and Gopnik, Evidence: 1944-1994, Random House, 1994, pp. 74-75 and 151; Avedon: The Sixties, Random House, 1999, pp. 78-83

Lot Essay

In 1975 a 10 x 35 foot triptych of this work was printed and installed at the Marlborough Gallery. The original mural sized print was included in the Richard Avedon: Portraits exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York in 2002. The present edition was made in the same year, 1975. Out of a projected edition of 50 only 25 were realized.

A list of subjects include, from left to right:
Paul Morrissey, Director; Joe Dallesandro, actor; Candy Darling, actor; Eric Emerson, actor; Jay Johnson, actor; Tom Hempertz, actor; Gerard Malanga, poet; Viva, actress; Paul Morrissey; Taylor Mead, actor; Brigid Polk, actress; Joe Dallesandro; Andy Warhol, artist

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