Personality of the Artist

Gene Swenson, author

1934–1969

Personality of the Artist, 1962

Where object was made: United States

Material/technique: offset photolithograph

Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 281 x 240 mm
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 340 x 240 mm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 11 1/16 x 9 7/16 in
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 13 3/8 x 9 7/16 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 20 x 16 in

Credit line: Gift of Jack and Connie Glenn

Accession number: 1971.0235

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Staging Shimomura

Gene Swenson wrote the text accompanying this photograph of Andy Warhol for a poster promoting an exhibition and lecture at the Stable Gallery in New York in 1962. Born in Topeka, Kansas, and educated at Yale and the Institute of Fine Arts at New York University, Swenson was an important art critic and collector who died at a young age. He donated part of his art collection to the
University of Kansas.

Staging Shimomura

Exhibition Label:
“Big Shots: Andy Warhol, Celebrity Culture and the 1980s,” Aug-2009, Susan Earle
Gene Swenson provided the text below the photographic image of Warhol on this poster for Warhol’s exhibition at the Stable Gallery in 1962. Born in Topeka, Kansas, and educated at Yale and the Institute of Fine Arts at New York University, Swenson was an important art critic and collector who died at a young age. He donated part of his art collection to the University of Kansas.