Warhol Before Warhol
Related Artworks from the Whitney's Collection

Explore a selection of artworks from the Whitney’s collection that relate to Andy Warhol—From A to B and Back Again including portraits of Warhol and other works from his collection that he later donated to the Whitney.

  • A young man with round glasses and a blue bow tie painted in soft, muted colors.
    A young man with round glasses and a blue bow tie painted in soft, muted colors.

    Philip Pearlstein, Portrait of Andy Warhola, c. 1948. Brush and ink and graphite pencil on composition board, overall: 10 × 8 in. (25.4 × 20.3 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Andy Warhol 74.115. © Philip Pearlstein / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

  • Two young men posed in a room, one seated in a yellow sweater and one standing.
    Two young men posed in a room, one seated in a yellow sweater and one standing.

    Fairfield Porter, Portrait of Ted Carey and Andy Warhol, 1960. Oil on linen, overall: 40 × 40 1/8 in. (101.6 × 101.9 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Andy Warhol 74.117. © The Estate of Fairfield Porter/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York, NY

  • A young man sits at a table, resting his hands by mouth while gazing past a vase of blue flowers.
    A young man sits at a table, resting his hands by mouth while gazing past a vase of blue flowers.

    Jane Wilson, Andy and Lilacs, 1960. Oil on linen, overall: 30 × 42 in. (76.2 × 106.7 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Andy Warhol 74.119. © The Estate of Jane Wilson. Courtesy of DC Moore Gallery, New York

  • Repeated hand-drawn bow ties arranged in rows, several filled with red, green, blue, yellow, and pink.
    Repeated hand-drawn bow ties arranged in rows, several filled with red, green, blue, yellow, and pink.

    Andy Warhol, Bow Ties, 1960. Ink stamps and transparent and opaque watercolor on paper, sheet: 21 × 28 1/2 in. (53.3 × 72.4 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase 65.37a-b. © The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. / Licensed by Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

  • Abstract painting of interlocking colorful shapes and sweeping brushstrokes creating a dynamic, layered composition.
    Abstract painting of interlocking colorful shapes and sweeping brushstrokes creating a dynamic, layered composition.

    Robert Goodnough, Pink Reclining Nude, 1959. Oil and charcoal on canvas, overall: 53 1/8 × 69 15/16 in. (134.9 × 177.6 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Andy Warhol 74.113. © The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. / Licensed by Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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On the Hour

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