Andy Warhol and Members of the Factory, New York City, October 30, 1969
Returned to lender
This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.In 1969 the fashion and portrait photographer Richard Avedon challenged himself to slow down his picture-making process by using a less portable piece of studio photography equipment: an 8 x 10–inch format camera with a heavy tripod. This three-part panoramic portrait of the artist Andy Warhol and his unconventional entourage was among the first Avedon made with this studio camera for non-fashion work. With its unabashed nudity and gender fluidity, the photograph stands as a provocative marker of the American cultural and sexual revolution in the 1960s. In the center, Avedon recasts the Three Graces as nude young men; on either side are other members of the Factory (as Warhol’s studio was known), including the transgender actor Candy Darling (left) and Warhol himself (far right).
Artwork Details
- Title: Andy Warhol and Members of the Factory, New York City, October 30, 1969
- Artist: Richard Avedon (American, New York 1923–2004 San Antonio, Texas)
- Date: October 30, 1969, printed 1975
- Medium: Three gelatin silver prints
- Dimensions: Image: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm), each
Framed: 14 1/2 × 36 in. (36.8 × 91.4 cm) - Classification: Photographs
- Credit Line: Ann Tenenbaum and Thomas H. Lee Collection
- Curatorial Department: Photographs