Warhol's muses : the artists, misfits, and superstars destroyed by the Factory fame machine
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Warhol's muses : the artists, misfits, and superstars destroyed by the Factory fame machine

By Leamer, Laurence, author.

Genre Biographies.

Audience Adults

Published [2025] by G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York

ISBN 9780593716663

Bib Id 1495184

Copyright 2025

Description xix, 310 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of unnumbered plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.

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cam a22 8i 4500
LCCN
2024044554
ISBN
9780593716663 (hardcover) $32.00
0593716663
Call #
700.92 L
Title
Warhol's muses : the artists, misfits, and superstars destroyed by the Factory fame machine
Publication Information
[2025] by G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York :
Copyright Date
©2025
Description
xix, 310 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of unnumbered plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-299) and index.
Contents
Prologue: June 1968 -- Riding the whirlwind -- Party of the decade : April 1964 -- Strutting her stuff : June 1964 -- There is always a price -- Truth, naked and otherwise -- "The times they are a-changin'" -- The youthquaker loses her way -- Nights of amphetamine dreams -- The long goodbye : December 1965 -- The bone crusher -- A fallen debutante -- Band-aids are note just for wounds -- Come on light my fire -- Up your ass and other niceties -- Lonesome cowboys riding high -- The doors are locked : June 1968 -- The last superstar -- The dying swan -- The eternal mystery -- Just another party -- Afterword: Lives -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Photo credits -- Index.
Summary
"From the New York Times bestselling author of Capote's Women comes an astonishing account of the revolutionary artist Andy Warhol and his scandalous relationships with the ten women he deemed his "superstars," beginning in 1964 and culminating four years later when Warhol was shot and almost killed"--
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