Performances and Experimentation
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.

  • Group of eight people posed around a ladder, one child sitting near the top.
    Group of eight people posed around a ladder, one child sitting near the top.

    Billy Name, Andy Warhol and the Exploding Plastic Inevitable, 1967. Gelatin silver print, overall: 13 3/16 × 9 3/8 in. (33.5 × 23.8 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Photography Committee 95.46. ©Estate of Billy Name

  • Andy Warhol sits shirtless on a bench with his eyes closed, his skin pale and his torso scarred. A supportive corset fits snuggly around his waist.
    Andy Warhol sits shirtless on a bench with his eyes closed, his skin pale and his torso scarred. A supportive corset fits snuggly around his waist.

    Alice Neel, Andy Warhol, 1970. Oil and acrylic on linen, overall: 60 × 40 in. (152.4 × 101.6 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Timothy Collins 80.52. © The Estate of Alice Neel. Courtesy The Estate of Alice Neel and David Zwirner

  • A person with white hair and round glasses wearing a suit and striped tie, sitting still.
    A person with white hair and round glasses wearing a suit and striped tie, sitting still.

    Peter Hujar, Andy Warhol II, 1975. Gelatin silver print, sheet (sight): 14 7/8 × 14 7/8 in. (37.8 × 37.8 cm) Image (sight): 14 3/4 × 14 3/4 in. (37.5 × 37.5 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift from the Emily Fisher Landau Collection 2024.272. © The Peter Hujar Archive / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

  • Layered translucent acrylic panels display photographs, text, and silhouettes forming a collage artwork.
    Layered translucent acrylic panels display photographs, text, and silhouettes forming a collage artwork.

    Robert Rauschenberg, Opal Gospel, 1971. Color screenprint on plexiglass, overall: 20 3/4 × 22 5/8 × 6 3/4 in. (52.7 × 57.5 × 17.1 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Alexander E. Racolin in honor of Helen Halpern 91.62a-l. © Robert Rauschenberg Foundation / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

  • Transparent glass cube displayed on a clear acrylic pedestal in an empty white gallery.
    Transparent glass cube displayed on a clear acrylic pedestal in an empty white gallery.

    Larry Bell, Untitled, 1967. Mineral-coated glass and rhodium-plated brass on plexiglass base, overall: 57 1/8 × 24 1/4 × 24 1/4 in. (145.1 × 61.6 × 61.6 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Howard and Jean Lipman 80.38a-b. © Larry Bell / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

  • Person holding a translucent rectangular panel over their face in repeated neon pink and green prints.
    Person holding a translucent rectangular panel over their face in repeated neon pink and green prints.

    Bruce Nauman, Untitled (Hologram), 1969. Offset lithograph, sheet: 24 3/16 × 20 1/16 in. (61.4 × 51 cm) Image: 23 × 19 in. (58.4 × 48.3 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from Susan K. and John B. Hess 2010.1. © Bruce Nauman/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

  • Four upright vacuum cleaners, two green and two blue, displayed on two clear shelves inside a transparent case.
    Four upright vacuum cleaners, two green and two blue, displayed on two clear shelves inside a transparent case.

    Jeff Koons, New Hoover Convertibles, Green, Blue; New Hoover Convertibles, Green, Blue; Doubledecker, 1981–1987. Four vacuum cleaners, acrylic, and fluorescent lights, overall: 116 × 41 × 28 in. (294.6 × 104.1 × 71.1 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from The Sondra and Charles Gilman, Jr. Foundation, Inc., and the Painting and Sculpture Committee 89.30a-k. © Jeff Koons

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