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===1970s=== [[File:Andy Warhol by Jack Mitchell.jpg|thumb|Warhol photographed by [[Jack Mitchell (photographer)|Jack Mitchell]] with his dachshund [[Archie Warhol|Archie]], 1973]]Compared to the success and scandal of Warhol's work in the 1960s, the early 1970s were much quieter years, as he became more entrepreneurial. He was generally regarded as quiet, shy and a meticulous observer. Art critic [[Robert Hughes (critic)|Robert Hughes]] called him "the white mole of [[Union Square (New York City)|Union Square]]".<ref>{{cite magazine |first=Robert |last=Hughes |author-link=Robert Hughes (critic) |date=February 18, 1982 |title=The Rise of Andy Warhol |url=https://www.nybooks.com/articles/1982/02/18/the-rise-of-andy-warhol/ |magazine=The New York Review of Books |access-date=January 16, 2021 |archive-date=November 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108125444/https://www.nybooks.com/articles/1982/02/18/the-rise-of-andy-warhol/ |url-status=live }}</ref> His fashion evolved from what Warhol called his "leather look" to his "[[Brooks Brothers]] look," which included a Brooks Brothers shirt and tie, DeNoyer blazer, and [[Levi Strauss & Co.|Levi]] jeans.<ref>{{Cite news |date=February 9, 1980 |title=Ian Ball meets Andy Warhol |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-telegraph-ian-ball-meets-andy/153833590/ |access-date=August 23, 2024 |work=The Daily Telegraph |pages=20}}</ref>{{Sfn|Bockris|1997|p=371}} As Warhol continued to forge into filmmaking, he had established himself as "one of the most celebrated and well-known pop art figures to emerge from the sixties."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Campbell |first=Genie |date=July 31, 1970 |title=Andy Warhol Tops Pop Art Boom |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-herald-andy-warhol-retrospecti/145039817/ |access-date=April 9, 2024 |work=The Daily Herald |pages=Section 2–3}}</ref> The [[Pasadena Art Museum]] in [[Pasadena]] organized a major [[retrospective]] of his work in 1970.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Haber |first=Joyce |date=May 14, 1970 |title=Warhol Will Film Liberation Film |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-warhol-retrospecti/145040016/ |access-date=April 9, 2024 |work=Los Angeles Times |pages=Part lV 17}}</ref> The show traveled to the [[Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago|Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago]]; [[Van Abbemuseum|Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum]], Eindhoven, The Netherlands; [[Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris|Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris]]; [[Tate|Tate Gallery]], London; and [[Whitney Museum|Whitney Museum of American Art]], New York.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Parker |first=Jerry |date=1971-04-30 |title=Warhol at the Whitney |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/newsday-nassau-edition-andy-warhol-at/153645913/ |access-date=2025-03-29 |work=Newsday |location=Nassau Edition |pages=123}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Cork |first=Richard |date=February 19, 1971 |title=Andy Warhol and the Superstars |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/evening-standard-andy-warhol-exhibition/144496302/ |access-date=April 7, 2024 |work=Evening Standard |pages=13}}</ref> The Whitney exhibition in 1971 distinctly featured Warhol's ''[[Cow Wallpaper]]'' (1966) as the backdrop for his paintings.<ref name=":21">{{Cite news |last=Canaday |first=Joan |date=May 1, 1971 |title=Art: Huge Andy Warhol Retrospective at Whitney |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1971/05/01/archives/art-huge-andy-warhol-retrospective-at-whitney-many-familiar-items.html |access-date=September 22, 2021 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Rose |first1=Barbara |date=May 31, 1971 |title=In Andy Warhol's Aluminum Foil, We Have All Been Reflected |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ij-_4jJ4oj8C&pg=PA55 |work=New York |page=55 |language=en |issn=0028-7369}}</ref> In May 1971, Warhol's theater production, ''[[Andy Warhol's Pork]]'', opened at the [[La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club|La MaMa Experimental Theatre]] in New York.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Glueck |first=ByGrace |date=May 23, 1971 |title='Pork' Is Not The Kosher-est Show in Town |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1971/05/23/archives/-pork-is-not-the-kosherest-show-in-town-warhol-and-pork.html |access-date=January 19, 2025 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> In August 1971, it was brought to the [[Roundhouse (venue)|Roundhouse]] in London.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Jenkins |first=Valerie |date=August 3, 1971 |title=Valerie Jenkins at the Round House |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/evening-standard-andy-warhol-pork-at-the/143582462/ |access-date=January 19, 2025 |work=Evening Standard |pages=13}}</ref> In late 1971, Warhol and his business partner Paul Morrissey purchased [[Eothen (Warhol estate)|Eothen]], an oceanfront estate in [[Montauk, New York]] on [[Long Island]].<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Jun 25 |first1=Jen CarlsonPublished |last2=Oct 19 |first2=2015Modified |last3=2015Share |date=June 25, 2015 |title=Warhol's Sprawling "Eothen" Estate In Montauk Is On The Market |url=https://gothamist.com/arts-entertainment/warhols-sprawling-eothen-estate-in-montauk-is-on-the-market |access-date=August 13, 2024 |website=Gothamist |language=en}}</ref> They began renting the main house on the property in 1972.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Inside the Compound Where Andy Warhol, Elizabeth Taylor, and Mick Jagger Spent Their Summers |url=https://www.culturedmag.com/article/2023/07/10/andy-warhol-elizabeth-taylor-mick-jagger-vincent-fremont |access-date=August 13, 2024 |website=culturedmag.com |language=en}}</ref> [[Lee Radziwill]], [[Jackie Kennedy]], [[The Rolling Stones]], [[Elizabeth Taylor]], [[Truman Capote]], and [[Halston]] were among the estate's notable guests.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fremont |first=Vincent |date=July 8, 2023 |title=Andy Warhol's Montauk House Drew Stars of All Stripes |url=https://airmail.news/arts-intel/highlights/warhol-in-montauk |access-date=December 2, 2024 |website=Air Mail |language=en}}</ref> [[File:57 E66 St Warhol home jeh.jpg|thumb|upright|From 1974 to 1987, Warhol lived at 57 E 66th St in the [[Lenox Hill]] neighborhood of Manhattan. In 1998, the townhouse was designated a cultural landmark.]]Warhol is credited with both the cover concept and photography for [[The Rolling Stones]]' albums ''[[Sticky Fingers]]'' (1971).<ref name=":33">{{cite web |year=2002 |title=Andy Warhol: Biography |url=http://warholfoundation.org/legacy/biography.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100724192941/http://www.warholfoundation.org/legacy/biography.html |archive-date=July 24, 2010 |access-date=July 22, 2010 |publisher=Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts}}</ref> He received a Grammy nomination for [[Best Album Cover]] at the [[14th Annual Grammy Awards]] in 1972.<ref name=":31" /> In 1972, Warhol planned the Halston runway presentation at the [[Coty Award|Coty Awards]].<ref name=":56">{{Cite news |last=Graham |first=Rubye |date=1972-10-22 |title=The Coty Award: Three Designers Get Top Billing, As Andy Warhol, Superstars Shake Up the Show |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-philadelphia-inquirer-warhol-superst/171925311/ |access-date=2025-05-16 |work=The Philadelphia Inquirer |pages=14–F}}</ref> Although Warhol was considered to be [[apolitical]], he participated in an exhibition with the poster ''[[Vote McGovern]]'' (1972) in effort to raise funds for [[George McGovern]]'s [[George McGovern 1972 presidential campaign|1972 presidential campaign]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Weekes |first=Julie Ann |date=October 30, 2008 |title=Warhol's Pop Politics |url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/warhols-pop-politics-89185734/ |access-date=August 19, 2024 |website=Smithsonian Magazine |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Richard |first=Paul |date=October 2, 1972 |title=Art Works Aid McGovern |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-journal-news-andy-warhol-participate/153622306/ |access-date=August 19, 2024 |work=The Journal News |pages=27 |via=The Washington Post}}</ref> Warhol and his partner Jed Johnson got a dachshund puppy, [[Archie Warhol]], in November 1972.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Business envelope with dog license and veterinary invoice (for Andy Warhol's dachshund, Archie) 1972 |url=https://warhol.netx.net/portals/warhol-exhibitions/#asset/102658 |website=The Warhol}}</ref><ref name=":152" /> Warhol doted on Archie and took him everywhere: to the studio, parties, restaurants, and on trips to Europe.<ref name=":18" />{{Sfn|Colacello|1990|p=150}} He created portraits of Johnson, Archie, and Amos—a second dachshund they got a few years later.<ref name=":162" /> Warhol began traveling to Europe more frequently and developed a fondness for Paris.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Landry |first=Carole |date=March 3, 2009 |title=Paris steps into Andy Warhol's Wide World |url=https://timesofmalta.com/article/paris-steps-into-andy-warhol-s-wide-world.247254 |access-date=June 2, 2024 |website=The Times |location=Malta |language=en-gb}}</ref> Warhol had an apartment that he shared with his business manager [[Frederick W. Hughes|Fred Hughes]] on the [[Rive Gauche|Left Bank]] of Paris on Rue du Cherche-Midi.{{Sfn|Gopnik|2020|p=762}}<ref>{{Cite book |last=Fraser-Cavassoni |first=Natasha |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XwWqDQAAQBAJ&dq=Rue+du+Cherche-Midi,+Paris+warhol&pg=PA239 |title=After Andy: Adventures in Warhol Land |date=August 1, 2017 |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-399-18355-3 |pages=239 |language=en}}</ref> In October 1972, Warhol's work was included in the inaugural show at the [[Art Museum of South Texas]] in [[Corpus Christi, Texas]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Butterfield |first=Jan |date=October 15, 1972 |title=Two Museum Openings Stress Regional Art Renaissance |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/fort-worth-star-telegram-johns-stella/145762003/ |access-date=June 2, 2024 |work=Fort Worth Star-Telegram |pages=1–G}}</ref> Between 1972 and 1973, Warhol created a series of portraits of Chinese Communist leader [[Mao Zedong]] with funding from two New York galleries, [[Knoedler|Knoedler & Co.]] and the Leo Castelli Gallery, as well as art collector [[Peter Brant]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Garcia |first=Karen |date=March 25, 2024 |title=Andy Warhol 'Mao' screen print stolen from Orange Coast College |url=https://www.latimes.com/socal/daily-pilot/news/story/2024-03-25/andy-warhol-art-stolen-from-orange-coast-college |access-date=April 9, 2024 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":13" /> In February 1974, some of the Mao portraits were installed at the [[Musée Galliera]] in Paris.{{Sfn|Gopnik|2020|p=748}} In 1974, Warhol and Johnson moved from his home on Lexington Avenue to a townhouse at 57 East 66th Street in Manhattan's [[Lenox Hill]] neighborhood.<ref>{{Cite web |last=AnOther |date=July 9, 2018 |title=Why We're Fascinated by the Contents of Andy Warhol's Bathroom Cabinet |url=https://www.anothermag.com/design-living/10983/why-were-fascinated-by-the-contents-of-andy-warhols-bathroom-cabinet |access-date=April 7, 2024 |website=AnOther |language=en}}</ref> By this time, Warhol's public presence had increased significantly due to his attendance at parties. In 1974, he said, "I try to go around so often so much and try to go to every party so that they'll be bored with me and stop writing about me."<ref>{{Cite journal |date=November 1989 |title=Andy-isms: Highlights from a decade of interviews by Andy Warhol |journal=Interview |volume=19 |issue=11 |pages=90}}</ref> [[File:Andy Warhol1975.jpg|thumb|left|Andy Warhol at his exhibition at the [[Palazzo dei Diamanti]] in Ferrara, 1975]]Warhol designed the sets for the [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] musical ''[[Man on the Moon (musical)|Man on the Moon]]'' by [[John Phillips (musician)|John Philips]] of [[the Mamas & the Papas]], which opened in January 1975 at the [[Hayes Theater|Little Theatre]] in New York.<ref name=":04">{{Cite news |last=Parker |first=Jerry |date=1975-01-26 |title=Sky-High Hopes For A Lunar Musical |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/newsday-nassau-edition-sky-high-hopes/168217876/ |access-date=2025-03-20 |work=Newsday |location=Nassau Edition |pages=Part II / 5}}</ref> In May 1975, Warhol attended [[President Gerald Ford]]'s state dinner in honor of the [[Shah of Iran]], [[Mohammad Reza Pahlavi]], at the [[White House]].{{Sfn|Colacello|1990|p=302}} In September 1975, he went on an eight-city U.S. book tour for his book ''[[The Philosophy of Andy Warhol|The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (From A to B & Back Again)]]'', followed by stops in Italy, France, and England.<ref name=":14" /><ref name=":03">{{Cite news |last=Raymond |first=John |date=August 31, 1975 |title=Business Artist Gives the Business |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-atlanta-constitution-the-philosophy/148668672/ |access-date=June 4, 2024 |work=The Atlanta Constitution |pages=12–CC}}</ref> In 1976, Warhol and painter [[Jamie Wyeth]] were commissioned to paint each other's portraits by the Coe Kerr Gallery in Manhattan.<ref>{{Cite news |date=June 4, 1976 |title=Art: Warhol Meets Wyeth |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1976/06/04/archives/art-warhol-meets-wyeth.html |work=The New York Times}}</ref> In January 1977, Warhol traveled to Kuwait for the opening of his exhibition at the Dhaiat Abdulla Al Salem Gallery.<ref>{{Cite news |date=August 9, 2022 |title=When Andy Warhol Visited Kuwait |url=https://www.gqmiddleeast.com/culture/andy-warhol-kuwait |access-date=June 25, 2024 |work=GQ Middle East |language=en-US}}</ref> In June 1977, Warhol was invited to a special reception honoring the "Inaugural Artists" who had contributed prints to the [[Jimmy Carter 1976 presidential campaign|Jimmy Carter presidential campaign]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lewis |first=Jo Ann |date=December 20, 2023 |title=Prints To Profit The Party |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1977/06/11/prints-to-profit-the-party/ca91f9c8-a9aa-4892-8de9-3d4fef9a16b3/ |access-date=April 9, 2024 |newspaper=The Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}}</ref> In 1977, Warhol was commissioned by art collector Richard Weisman to create ''[[Athletes (1977 series)|Athletes]]'', ten portraits consisting of the leading athletes of the day.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Weisman, Warhol and the Athletes|url=https://www.christies.com/features/Weisman-Warhol-and-the-Athletes-10127-7.aspx|access-date=November 4, 2021|website=Christie's|language=en}}</ref> The opening of [[Studio 54]] in 1977 ushered in a new era in New York City nightlife. Warhol would often socialize at Studio 54 and take note of the drug-fueled activities that his friends engaged in at parties.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=May 14, 2021 |title=Drugs, Disco, and a Dead Body: Five Outrageous Studio 54 Stories |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2021/05/halston-studio-54-real-life |access-date=April 7, 2024 |magazine=Vanity Fair |language=en-US}}</ref> In 1977, Warhol began taking nude photographs of men in various poses and performing sexual acts—referred to as "landscapes"—for what became known as the ''Torsos'' and ''Sex Parts'' series.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dirty Art: Andy Warhol's Torsos and Sex Parts |url=https://www.warhol.org/exhibition/dirty-art-andy-warhols-torsos-and-sex-parts/ |access-date=April 8, 2024 |website=The Andy Warhol Museum |language=en-US}}</ref>{{Sfn|Warhol|Hackett|1989|p=32|ps=Entry date: March 15, 1977}} Most of the men were street hustlers and male prostitutes brought to the Factory by Halston's lover [[Victor Hugo (artist and window dresser)|Victor Hugo]].{{Sfn|Colacello|1990|p=337}}{{Sfn|Warhol|Hackett|1989|p=40|ps=Entry date: April 6, 1977}} This caused tension in Warhol's relationship with Johnson who did not approve of his friendship with Hugo.{{Sfn|Warhol|Hackett|1989|p=86|ps=Entry date: November 7, 1977}}{{Sfn|Gopnik|2020|p=835}} "When Studio 54 opened things changed with Andy. That was New York when it was at the height of its most decadent period, and I didn't take part. I never liked that scene, I was never comfortable. ... Andy was just wasting his time, and it was really upsetting. ... He just spent his time with the most ridiculous people," said Johnson.{{Sfn|Gopnik|2020|p=833}}[[File:Jimmy Carter with Andy Warhol during a reception for inaugural portfolio artists., 06-14-1977 - NARA - 175147.jpg|thumb|President [[Jimmy Carter]] and Warhol at the White House, 1977]] In 1979, Warhol formed a publishing company, Andy Warhol Books, and released the book ''[[Andy Warhol's Exposures|Exposures]]'', which contained his photographs of famous friends and acquaintances.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Adler |first=Jerry |date=November 25, 1979 |title=Andy Warhol Exposed |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-andy-warhol-exposed/148567322/ |access-date=June 2, 2024 |work=Sunday News Magazine |pages=2}}</ref> In November 1979, he embarked on a three-week book tour in the US.{{Sfn|Warhol|Hackett|1989|p=248}} According to former ''Interview'' editor [[Bob Colacello]], Warhol devoted much of his time to rounding up new, rich patrons for portrait commissions—including Shah of Iran Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, his wife Empress [[Farah Pahlavi]], his sister [[Princess Ashraf Pahlavi]], [[Mick Jagger]], [[Liza Minnelli]], [[John Lennon]], [[Diana Ross]] and [[Brigitte Bardot]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8179627.stm |work=[[BBC News]] |title=Warhol's Jackson goes on display |date=August 7, 2009 |access-date=March 30, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.artexpertswebsite.com/pages/artists/warhol.php |title=Andy Warhol Expert art authentication, certificates of authenticity and expert appraisers |website=artexpertswebsite.com |access-date=February 26, 2018 |archive-date=February 27, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180227094310/https://www.artexpertswebsite.com/pages/artists/warhol.php |url-status=live }}</ref> In November 1979, the Whitney Museum of American Art mounted the exhibition ''Andy Warhol: Portraits of the '70s'' to celebrate the "very commercial celebrity of the '70s, the decade of [[People (magazine)|''People'']] magazine and [[Designer clothing|designer jeans]]."<ref name=":4">{{Cite news |last=Tucker |first=Priscilla |date=November 19, 1979 |title=Off The Wall Exposures |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-andy-warhol-portraits-of-the/146276253/ |access-date=April 29, 2024 |work=Daily News |pages=53}}</ref> Some critics disliked his exhibits of portraits of personalities and celebrities, calling them superficial, facile and commercial, with no depth or indication of the significance of the subjects.<ref name="Lando-2008">{{Cite news |last=Lando |first=Michal |date=April 8, 2008 |title=Reexamining Warhol's Jews |url=http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1207486218796&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110703204535/http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1207486218796&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull |archive-date=July 3, 2011 |access-date=January 5, 2009 |work=[[The Jerusalem Post]]}}</ref>
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