Chapter 1
The silver-haired brand
Chapter 2
The Factory as a social hub
Chapter 3
Mass production as high art
Chapter 4
The 15 minutes of fame
Ch 1 · The silver-haired brand
andy To combat 1950s hair loss, Andy Warhol adopted messy, glued-on silver-gray hairpieces that made him instantly recognizable in any crowd.
Quiz
What was Andy Warhol's birth name before he shortened it for his professional art career?
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Which simple, enthusiastic three-letter word did Andy Warhol famously use as a standard response in interviews?
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Who sometimes did interviews pretending to be Andy Warhol, wearing a silver wig and sunglasses on a college lecture tour in 1967?
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What unique drawing technique did Andy Warhol use in his 1950s commercial illustrations to create smudged, delicate lines?
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For which luxury shoe company did Andy Warhol design highly successful blotted-ink advertisements during the 1950s?
Fun Fact
Warhol's wigs: Andy Warhol owned a collection of over 40 custom-made silver-gray wigs, which he had styled and cut regularly as if they were his real growing hair.
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What did Andy Warhol affectionately call his portable cassette tape recorder, which he carried everywhere to record conversations?
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Which specific model of Polaroid camera did Andy Warhol famously use to shoot his celebrity portraits in the 1970s?
Glossary
wig (noun)
A head covering made from natural or synthetic hair, worn to disguise baldness, express fashion, or serve as a costume. Andy Warhol wore custom silver hairpieces by New York wigmaker Paul Bochicchio to establish his trademark image.
A head covering made from natural or synthetic hair, worn to disguise baldness, express fashion, or serve as a costume. Andy Warhol wore custom silver hairpieces by New York wigmaker Paul Bochicchio to establish his trademark image.