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WILLIAM JOHN KENNEDY (1930-2021) Andy Warhol with flowers canvas, Queens, NY
Photograph 1964 | Printed 2004 Archival pigment print on watercolor paper
Unique
Paper size: 60 x 40 inches | 152.4 x 101.6 cm
Framed size: 63 x 46 inches | 160.0 x 116.8 cm
© William John Kennedy Estate, courtesy Westwood Gallery NYC

THE IMAGES

Andy Warhol was photographed by William John Kennedy in a vacant lot in Queens, with Warhol’s flowers canvas painting as a backdrop.

“I used to drive in from Long Island through an area with these black-eyed Susans, 6ft tall. I knew I had to shoot Andy and his flower paintings in this marvelous environment. I positioned him in the field, surrounded by the flowers. I made up a huge bouquet and had him hold that, and then shot this whole sequence. This was one of the most beautiful involvements I’ve had with an artist and his work.”
- William John Kennedy

THE PHOTOGRAPH

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Westwood Gallery NYC presented the premiere NYC exhibition of William John Kennedy’s photography in 2005.

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ABOUT THE PHOTOGRAPHER

William John Kennedy (1930-2021) was an American photographer who documented New York City artists in in the 1960s and 70s. The photographs of Andy Warhol and Robert Indiana, rising artists when Kennedy met them, have been widely exhibited. Robert Indiana introduced Kennedy to Warhol at the Factory in the 1960s and thereafter Kennedy began capturing Warhol in various staged photographs in The Factory.