Andy Warhol, Philip Fagan & Gerard Malanga
7 3/4 x 1 1/2 inchesAndy Warhol, Philip Fagan & Gerard Malanga, 1964
7 3/4 x 1 1/2 inches
signed and dated in pen on the verso and Authenticated by the Andy Warhol Foundation For the Visual Arts, NY
Literature
John G. Hanhardt, The Films of Andy Warhol Catalogue Raisonne 1963-1965, 2021, Yale University Press, Whitney Museum, reproduced p.258
Uwe M. Schneede and Thomas Sokolowski, Andy Warhol Photography, 1999, Edition Stemmle, other Unique Andy Warhol, Philip Fagan and Gerard Malanga Photobooth Strips, reproduced page 101.
Gary Indiana, Andy Warhol Photobooth Pictures, 1989, Robert Miller Gallery, 2 other Unique Andy Warhol, Philip Fagan and Gerard Malanga Photobooth Strips, reproduced full page 108 and 109.
Exhibitions
Artists Making Photographs: Chamberlain, Rauschenberg, Ruscha, Samaras, Warhol, Whitney Museum, New York: March 11 - May 17, 2009, Other Andy Warhol Unique Photobooth Strips included.
Provenance
Robert Miller Gallery, New York
This Andy Warhol Photo Booth Strip exemplifies the artist's early foray into photography, a medium that would come to profoundly influence his art, particularly in the creation of his significant portrait paintings. Throughout the early 1960s, Warhol amassed a substantial collection of silver gelatin photo booth strips.
ANDY WARHOL PHOTOBOOTH STRIP
This Andy Warhol Photo Booth Strip exemplifies the artist's early foray into photography, a medium that would come to profoundly influence his art, particularly in the creation of his significant portrait paintings. Throughout the early 1960s, Warhol amassed a substantial collection of silver gelatin photo booth strips.
The photo booth represented a modern intersection of mass entertainment and private introspection. In Warhol's strips, sitters could effortlessly assume multiple roles across successive frames, creating a montage akin to snippets of film footage.
In this unique silver gelatin photo booth strip titled "Andy Warhol, Philip Fagan and Gerard Malanga, 1964," Warhol appears alongside his then-boyfriend Philip Fagan and Gerard Malanga, his longtime business manager. Adorned with sunglasses, Warhol embodies the persona of a movie star, a portrayal that has since solidified his status as an icon of 20th-century art.
This photograph, signed and dated in pen on the verso, has been authenticated by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts in New York. It is featured on page 258 of The Films of Andy Warhol Catalogue Raisonne 1963-1965 (2021, Yale University Press, distributed by the Whitney Museum).
