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Past Event Member Tour: Adman: Warhol Before Pop

A watercolor painting of a leg from the knee down that is purple in color with designs painted in black. The foot of the leg is in a high heel shoe that is yellow with pink designs on it and a pink strap on the top. December Shoe is written in cursive writing below the shoe and Andy Warhol's signature is in the bottom-right corner.

Andy Warhol, Shoe and Leg ("December Shoe"), ca. 1956
The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh; Founding Collection, Contribution The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc.
© The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc.
2000.2.1275

Explore the early years of Warhol during this tour of Adman: Warhol Before Pop. With the backdrop of 1950s New York and its burgeoning advertising industry, Adman: Warhol Before Pop focuses on the formative years of one of the 20th century’s most influential artists.

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Andy Warhol, Small Acetate (Self-Portrait in Drag), 1980
The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh; Founding Collection, Contribution The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc.
© The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc.
1998.3.1135