Billy Name: Andy Warhol with Inflatable Baby Ruth Bars / Silver Factory Hatje Cantz Verlag when he painted Two Figures

when he painted Two Figures on a Couch

exactly thirty years later

ebullient compositions of the artist’s final working years

Curated by Jeffrey Deitch

and vibrant yellows—shades that have previously rarely occurred in his palette

Billy Name: Andy Warhol with Inflatable Baby Ruth Bars / Silver Factory Hatje Cantz Verlag when he painted Two FiguresIn this photograph by Billy Name, Andy Warhol is shown posing, his expression characteristically deadpan, with a clutch of giant inflatable Baby Ruth chocolate bars. Name, a lighting designer turned photographer, was also responsible for lining Warhols studio with foil and spray paint, creating the reflective environment for performances, films, and art production that became known as the Silver Factory. The Baby Ruth bars were commissioned by Warhol