Union College joins 183 other university and college museums, galleries, and art collections across the United States, as an institution invited to take part in the Andy Warhol Photographic Legacy Program.
This program was launched in 2007 by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, in an effort to provide greater access to Warhol’s artwork, and to demonstrate the significance of photography in his artistic process: he often used photographs as studies for his portraits and screenprints, which also serve as a record of his interactions with his sitters.
In addition to our most recent gift of six screenprints in 2014, Union College received 158 photographs by Andy Warhol in 2008, both Polaroid and black and white photographs.
Andy Warhol, Brooklyn Bridge
Andy Warhol, Brooklyn Bridge, ed. ER, 1983, screenprint on Lenox Museum Board, extra, out of the edition, designated for research and educational purposes only, gift of the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc., as part of the Andy Warhol Photographic Legacy Program. © The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. Union College Permanent Collection, 2014.1.2 UCPC.
A print of the Brooklyn Bridge in bright, jewel tones on a red background; upper image of bridge in royal blue on pale yellow swath is duplicated and flipped horizontally below in a bright magenta on turquoise swath.
Andy Warhol, Unidentified Woman (Straight Blond Hair)
Andy Warhol, Unidentified Woman (Straight Blond Hair), April 1980, Polacolor Type 108, designated for research and educational purposes only, gift of the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc., as part of the Andy Warhol Photographic Legacy Program. © The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. Union College Permanent Collection, 2008x.9.13 UCPC.
A color Polaroid of a woman from the bust up, with straight blonde hair and red lipstick.
Andy Warhol, Cars On The Street
Andy Warhol, Cars On The Street, n.d., gelatin silver print, 8 x 10 inches, Gift of the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc., as part of the Andy Warhol Photographic Legacy Program. Union College Permanent Collection, 2008x.9.148 UCPC © The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc.
A black and white horizontal photograph of a tree-lined city street with approaching vehicles.
Andy Warhol, Sitting Bull
Andy Warhol, Sitting Bull, ed. ER, 1986, screenprint on Lenox Museum Board, extra, out of the edition, designated for research and educational purposes only, gift of the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc., as part of the Andy Warhol Photographic Legacy Program. © The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. Union College Permanent Collection, 2014.1.6 UCPC.
A half-length, full face portrait of Native American icon, Sitting Bull, on a white background; his face is a pale blue hue, shirt is red
Andy Warhol, Reigning Queens
Andy Warhol, Reigning Queens (Queen Ntombi), ed. ER, 1985, screenprint on Lenox Museum Board, extra, out of the edition, designated for research and educational purposes only, gift of the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc., as part of the Andy Warhol Photographic Legacy Program. © The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. Union College Permanent Collection, 2014.1.3 UCPC.
A vibrant head and shoulder, full face portrait of an African woman with a bright blue headpiece with yellow protrusions.
Andy Warhol, Alexander the Great
Andy Warhol, Alexander the Great, ed. ER, 1982, screenprint on Lenox Museum Board, extra, out of the edition, designated for research and educational purposes only, gift of the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc., as part of the Andy Warhol Photographic Legacy Program. © The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. Union College Permanent Collection, 2014.1.1 UCPC.
A statuesque head in profile of Alexander the Great in bright yellow hues.