On his birthday, revisit Andy Warhol's most iconic portraits, from Liza Minnelli to his mother:
may sound like the ultimate distinction these days, but the honor was much less unheard of in the artist's heyday. From 1968 to his death in 1987, Warhol not only painted hundreds of commissioned portraits, but even relied on doing so: they were so integral to the funding of his less commercial enterprises that he eventually came to refer to them as "business art.
" Still, unlike his portrait of, which he created with existing imagery and without Monroe's participation, many of the likenesses he churned out still had a personal touch: a large portion of the collectors, socialites, designers, and royals who enlisted his services first had to pose for his Polaroid camera—and, whether they knew it or not, add to the collection of extra silkscreens that Warhol dreamed of one day turning into a massive "portrait of society.
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