When Andy Warhol Was Young

Jamie Peck

January 22, 2010

When Andy Warhol Was Young The blog Letters of Note contains just that--interesting bits of correspondence, obtained and scanned, from letter writers, telegrammers and faxers throughout history. The variation is crazy; it's got everyone from anonymous complaining comic book fans to Hunter S. Thompson, with the caveat "fakes will be sneered at" hovering on the left side to assure us they're all real. Today they've got a note from Andy Warhol, and it's, well, Warholian. Back in 1949, lil' Andy had just recently moved to New York and was already finding success as an illustrator. When asked to submit some biographical information to accompany his drawings in Harper's Magazine, he sent the following:

The art of Kevin Blythe Sampson

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