Steve Rubell and Victor Hugo

April 23, 1982

Andy Warhol

Associated Names
Andy Warhol

Artist, American, 1928 - 1987

The image depicts two men from the shoulders up, engaging closely with each other. The man on the right is facing towards the left, while the man on the left leans in to listen. The man on the right has short, curly hair and a mustache, and he is wearing a dark outfit with a light-colored scarf. The man on the left has short, combed-back hair and is wearing a suit with a tie and a light-colored jacket. They are surrounded by blurry outlines of people and objects, with a strong light source at the back creating a flare effect. The setting seems to be indoors, with blinds or a paneled window in the background, and a patterned ceiling or structure above them.
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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc., New York; gift to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2008; acquired by NGA, 2016.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2013

  • Shooting Stars: Publicity Stills from Early Hollywood and Portraits by Andy Warhol, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, February 9 – April 21, 2013

Inscriptions

across lower right embossed: © ANDY WARHOL; on verso, by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc., bottom left Foundation stamp in blue ink: AUTHORIZED BY THE / ANDY WARHOL / A / W / FOUNDATION / FOR THE VISUAL ARTS; bottom left oval estate stamp in blue ink: THE ESTATE / OF / ANDY WARHOL; across bottom edge in graphite: FL12.00443; by unknown hand, bottom left in graphite: RM; bottom right stamped in black ink: APR 23 1982

Wikidata ID

Q64074730

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