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The Warhol Museum Explores the Material History of ‘Typewriter [2]’

The Warhol Museum Explores the Material History of ‘Typewriter [2]’ Image: Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh

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In 1961, Andy Warhol painted ‘Typewriter [2]’. The painting was made not in oil or acrylic, but in casein, a fast-drying, matte paint bound with milk protein.

The material choice is presented as a clue to Warhol’s transition from commercial illustrator to the artist we know today.

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