Warhol

Fellow artist Andy Warhol took this photo of David Hockney.

 

Andy Warhol

I haven't done a full Andy Warhol series in about a year, so here we go.  I think most of these are Polaroids, and we start with Mr. Warhol with fellow artist Donald Baechler.

 

Uncertain

Although his posture says he's confidently walking ahead,

this unknown model's face says something else.

 

Specks and spots

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Another

Another Polaroid of another unknown model.

 

Weightlifter

This weightlifter kept his skimpy undies on for his 15 minutes of fame.

But could he have been famous with his name not recorded?

 

Wish I knew him

Warhol made quite a few of his male nude Polaroids at what were basically open cattle call tryouts.  Someone would simply put the word out that Warhol was looking for models, and all sorts of people would show up.  This fellow does not look like the typical sort one associates with Warhol, and those sneakers mark a point in time of American footwear evolution.  I want more of this guy.

 

Color Bulldog

Our lone color item of the set is a bulldog pose Polaroid.  For whatever reason,

Warhol's color Polaroids were of better quality than the black and white.

 

Standard pose

This is a pretty standard physique era pose,

but Warhol did it from an oblique angle.

 

Victor Hugo

This is Warhol's assistant Victor Hugo, aka Victor Rojas, leaning out through a screen door.

His love affair with Halston was legendary for its utter and complete dysfuntion, 

and that's saying an awful lot, given that it was the Studio 54 era.

 

For Sale

This one is for sale on a reputable gallery site for a cool U$24,000.  And before you say "Not in a million years," a similar, less attractive (imho) photo sold for exactly that much.

 

Man and Chair

And lastly, we have a young man artfully leaning on a odd sort of chair.

 

Jay and Jed Johnson

These two are twins Jay and Jed Johnson.  In 1968 they got on a train from California to Montreal, but were thrown off in Buffalo because the conductor thought they were draft dodgers fleeing to Canada.  They went to New York instead where they became messengers for Western Union.  Jed dropped off a telegram at Andy Warhol's studio, and was hired as a janitor on the spot.  Before long, the two were part of Warhol's entourage, many of whom were photographed by Scavullo.

 

Andy Warhol Variety Day

Andy Warhol's male nude photos are quite varied, and today we'll look at just part of the range.

We start with an unknown model in a bathtub.  Surprisingly few of Warhol's models are named, and Google Images was no help with this one and a couple of others in today's set.

 

1986

I find this 1986 Andy Warhol photo of an unnamed model to be quite good.

It is for sale, but the ad says "Inquire about Price."

 

Cover Man

This is the cover of a 2005 retrospective book of Warhol's late nudes.

 

Victor Hugo

This is Victor Hugo from 1982.  I think he appears again later in this set.

 

1977

A while back I did a Warhol series featuring images which were each a set of four identical male nude photos.  This looks like it was done at the same time, only with six instead of four.

 

Bodybuilder 1982

I found this labeled "Bodybuilder 1982," and I initially thought it might be one of Warhol's 

better quality Polaroids.  Turns out to be a gelatin silver print that sold for U$20,000.

 

Basquiat

Andy Warhol took this photo of Jean-Michel Basquiat around 1982.