Jim Henson and Andy Warhol, as seen in Jim Henson: The Works
Andrew Warhola, better known as Andy Warhol, (1928–1987) was an American painter, printmaker, and filmmaker who was a leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art. He is most famous for his paintings of iconic American products such as the Campbell's Soup Can. In 1960, he founded "The Factory," his studio in New York City, to do his work and a place for wide range of artists, writers, musicians, and underground celebrities to hang out.
Time Capsule[]
Carnegie Museums staff open Warhol's time capsule of Miss Piggy merchandise.
In 2004, The Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh presented an exhibition at the Warhol museum of Andy Warhol's Time Capsules, featuring items from Warhol's personal collection. For the opening on October 2, Assistant Archivist Matt Wrbican and Assistant Director for Collections and Research John Smith opened a Time Capsule marked "Miss Piggy and Halston".
According to Carnegie's online magazine, "The very pop-culture contents, likely from the early 1980s, included a Miss Piggy doll, matching Miss Piggy and Kermit the Frog coffee mugs, Muppet-themed clothing, and a pair of pink Muppet Keds sneakers (size 6) signed, 'To Andy, Love Halston.'
"All the items were in their original boxes and most were signed by Warhol’s good friend, fashion designer Halston. Although we can’t know for sure, it appears Halston gave Warhol the items as a bit of a birthday joke. Warhol, being the packrat that he was, kept them along with the more than 3,000 objects and ephemera now on view throughout the museum."[1]
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1989 In Episode 2597 of Sesame Street, Oscar the Grouch shows Hiroshi a painting that he made, "Crumpled Soup Can". |
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1990 The Sesame Street coloring book Museum of Monster Art spoofs Warhol's Campbell's Soup Cans with a picture depicting bottles of Figgy Fizz, Bert's favorite soda. |
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2001 Big Bird appears in a spoof of Warhol's celebrity quad portraits in the Museum of Monster Art sticker book. |
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2003 A series of Sesame Street number inserts are based on Warhol's Flowers painting. (First: Episode 4034) |
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2005 The September 2005 issue of Sesame Street Magazine features Zoe in a spoof of Warhol's celebrity portraits. |
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2005 Kermit appeared as Warhol in a photo shoot for Zink Magazine, with Piggy as Edie Sedgwick. |
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2016 In Episode 4609 of Sesame Street, Telly makes a sculpture using various random objects, including some soup cans, a concept his peers call him a "daring artist" for doing. |
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2019 During the Sesame Street Road Trip, a stop was made in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania at the Andy Warhol Museum, where Big Bird posed under a portrait of the artist. |
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2021 Link Hogthrob appears in the style of Warhol's celebrity portraits in the Muppet Babies episode "Summer's Disaster-Piece." |
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