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Warhol-mania: Why the Famed Pop Artist Is Everywhere Again

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Andy Warhol left behind a lot of self portraits. There was the black-and-white shot from a photo booth strip, from 1963, in which he wore dark black shades and a cool expression.

In 1981, he took a Polaroid of himself in drag, with a platinum blond bob and bold red lips. Five years later, he screen-printed his face, with bright red acrylic paint, onto a black background.

These and other images of the Pop Art master rank among his best-known works. But one of his most telling self portraits wasn’t a portrait at all, in a conventional sense.

Between 1976 and 1987, the artist regularly dictated his thoughts, fears, feelings and opinions — about art, himself and his world — over the phone to his friend and collaborator Pat Hackett.

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