Paris Review Poster

This print was created for a portfolio of works by various artists published to benefit the literary magazine, The Paris Review. Co-founder George Plimpton was famed for his lively Upper East Side gatherings, held just down the street from Regency Wine & Liquor in New York. In this and similar works, Warhol transforms an everyday object into an icon, magnifying it and even including die-cut holes at the top—turning it into a witty stand-in for the party itself.

Paris Review Poster

1967

Gregory Allicar Museum of Art, Colorado State University

2013.8.1