Calvin Klein and Brooke Shields, Andy Warhol

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Andy Warhol, Calvin Klein and Brooke Shields
Andy Warhol, Calvin Klein and Brooke Shields
Andy Warhol
Calvin Klein and Brooke Shields
1976–1987
Andy Warhol
1928–1987
Calvin Klein and Brooke Shields, 1976–1987
Where object was made: United States
Material/technique: gelatin silver print
Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 15.4 x 22.4 cm irregular
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 6 1/16 x 8 13/16 in
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 20.3 x 25.3 cm
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 8 0.99213 x 9 15/16 in
Credit line: Gift of The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc., © The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc.
Accession number: 2008.0177
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Exhibition Label: “Big Shots: Andy Warhol, Celebrity Culture and the 1980s,” Aug-2009, Susan Earle Celebrity fashion designer Calvin Klein and star model Brooke Shields were closely associated around 1980, about the time when Warhol likely snapped these pictures. Shields became the pinnacle of celebrityhood, and famously modeled Calvin Klein’s jeans on gigantic billboards in New York’s Times Square. Her billboard images advertising the latest fashion and the intimacy of tight jeans sum up many aspects of the production of celebrity in the 1980s. These unposed photographs shot on the fly typify Warhol’s fondness for taking photographs of celebrities when they may not have expected it. Are these true candid images, or those that reinforce a previously self-defined presentation?