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What his final thought as an artist was, of course, is impossible to say, but I like to think that it has to have been about two dishes, one empty, the other full of our daily soup, warm, hot, filling,
tasty, like the answer to a prayer. The two paintings together reveal his calling as an artist. He is
grateful
for the daily bread asked for in the Lord's Prayer. Meanwhile, he was in terrible pain from gallstones, for which he knew and feared that he would soon require an operation. The trip to Milan for the Last Supper show had been physically agonizing. The second and last death struck him on February 22, 1987, at New York Hospital. He died peacefully and to the surprise of everyone.

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Index

Page numbers in italics refer to illustrations.

A: A Novel
(Warhol),
83
,
97
,
98

Absolute Spirit concept,
139

Abstract art,
xii
,
10

Abstract Expressionism,
xi
,
xiv
,
6
,
22
,
23
,
58
,
64
,
108
,
109

culture of,
27

end of,
xii
,
38

enlargement of images,
14
–15

nature of,
30

paint quality,
10
,
13
–14,
15
,
16
,
27

philosophy of art and,
8
–9

subject matter,
10
–11

“Abstract Expressionist Coca Cola Bottle, The” (Danto),
16

abstraction,
132

Advertisement
(Warhol),
17
,
20
–21

aesthetics,
x
,
xi
,
xv
,
13
,
15
,
34
,
37
,
52
,
54
–56,
60
,
83
,
86
,
132
,
135

Agnelli, Gianni,
117

Alloway, Lawrence,
26

Amayo, Mario,
103

Andy Warhol Enterprises,
92
–93,
114
,
122
,
123
,
124
,
125
,
134

Andy Warhol's Fifteen Minutes
(Warhol),
87
,
89

Andy Warhol TV Productions,
88
,
90

Angell, Callie,
79
,
84

anti-aestheticism,
52
,
56

Armory show of 1913,
32

art criticism,
66

art (general discussion): concept of,
48

conceptual experiment in,
81

cultural revolution in,
3
,
26
,
28
–29

definition of,
xiv
,
65
,
78

frontiers of,
3
–4,
7

high
vs.
low,
xv
,
2
,
7
,
17
,
28

history of,
48
,
61
,
62
,
66
,
120
,
126

intellectual,
56

life and,
7
,
30
,
31
,
32
,
36

mass production of,
93
,
147

mass
vs.
high,
14

philosophical definition of,
36

philosophy of,
ix
–x,
xiii
,
48
,
65
,
135
–136

politicization of,
xii

racial and ethnic,
109

reality and,
11
,
16
,
23
,
29
,
45
–46,
64
,
67
,
71

religious objects and,
136
,
139
.

See also
“What is art?” controversy

“Art into life” slogan,
29
,
30

ARTnews
,
xiii
,
22
,
28

Arts and Crafts Movement,
xv

art schools,
107
–108

art world (curators, dealers, critics, buyers, artists),
4
,
16
,
22
,
69

death of painting and,
110
–111

of Europe,
xii

of New York City,
xvi
,
2
,
92
,
127

1960s,
xii
,
92

1970s,
109
–110

pluralism in,
111
126

view of Warhol's work,
14

Warhol and,
25
–26,
35

“Art World, The” (Danto),
x
,
xvi

Atkinson, Ti-Grace,
xviii
,
101
,
102
,
103

Aunt Jemima,
128

avant-garde,
2
,
6
,
30
,
32
,
61
,
82
–83,
85
,
110

literature,
97
,
98

Russian,
29

Avedon, Richard,
104

Bad
film (Warhol),
125

Bastien, Heiner,
20
–21

Beatles, The,
5
,
7

Beautiful People Party,
94

Beckmann, Max,
115

Bed
(Rauschenberg),
11

Before and After
(Warhol),
1
–3,
3
,
6
,
12
,
16
,
17
–20,
147

Benday screen,
13
,
15

Berlin, Brigid,
84
,
86

Berlin Wall,
118

Beuys, Josef,
58
,
111
,
146

Bidlo, Mike,
53

Bird in Flight
(Brancusi),
68
–69

Bischofsberger, Bruno,
111

Black Mountain College,
30

Blondie,
13

Blow Job
film (Warhol),
76
–77

Blum, Irving,
35

Bockris, Victor,
ix
,
1
,
8
,
36
,
98
,
101
,
105
,
112

Bonwit Teller.

See
exhibitions of Warhol's work: Bonwit Teller windows

boredom,
85
,
86

Bourdon, David,
ix

Bowie, David,
84

Brancusi, Constantin,
68
–69,
110

Brandt, Willy,
117

Brillo Box(es)
(Warhol),
xiv
,
52
–53,
61
,
62
,
63
,
64
,
65
,
66
,
67
,
77
,
78
,
81
,
135
–136,
145

criticism of,
67
,
68

as individual works,
67
–68

literature about,
67
–68

massive presence of,
68

value of,
69
.

See also
“What is art?” controversy

Buffalo Bob,
128

Burns, Ric,
70
,
94

Cabanne, Pierre,
56

Cage, John,
30
,
54

Camouflage Last Supper
(Warhol),
144
–145

Campbell
's
Soup Can(s)
(Warhol),
25
,
32
,
34
–36,
37
,
41
,
52
,
81
,
105
,
134
,
147
.

See also
subject matter of Warhol's works: Campbell Soup cans

capitalism,
x
,
xii
,
72
–73,
117

Castelli Gallery, New York City/Leo Castelli,
14
,
24
,
25
,
28
,
70
,
71
,
106
,
116
,
129
–130,
144

celebrities,
114
–115,
118
,
122

at the Factory,
84
–85,
88
,
94

movie stars,
24
,
128

publicity photographs,
17
,
24
,
40

suicides of,
126
–127

in Warhol's television show,
86
,
87
–88

Cézanne, Paul,
143

chance aspect of artistic production,
54
–55

Chelsea Girls
film (Warhol),
82
,
98

Cinecitta film studio, Rome,
122
,
124
,
125

civil rights,
7

Clemente, Francesco,
114
–116

Clift, Montgomery,
94

Coca Cola
(Warhol),
19

Colacello, Bob,
84
,
87
,
89
–90,
117
,
124
,
132

Cold War,
xii
,
111
,
116
,
118

Coltrane, John,
41

Columbia University,
30

Comfort, Charles,
69

comic books and characters,
xv
,
13
,
14
,
17
,
19
,
20
,
22
,
23
,
24
,
26
–28,
32
.

See also
Pop art movement

commercial art,
xv
,
2
,
12
,
64
,
143
.

See also
Warhol, Andy: as commercial artist

commercial culture,
26
,
37

Communist Party/communism,
72
,
111
,
116
–117,
118

Conceptual art,
125

Conversation, La
(Matisse),
143

Coplans, John,
106

Correggio, Antonio da,
80

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