View this post on Instagram Andy Warhol died on this day in 1987, aged 58.
This portrait was taken four years earlier by photographer Robert Mapplethorpe, capturing an intense gaze and stark expression from Warhol.
But Mapplethorpe sensed a softening of the artist’s rigid exterior at this time: 'I think he was finally becoming much more human somehow and he was voicing what he really thought as opposed to what people would react to… He died at a moment when I think he was finally sort of feeling comfortable somehow.' ​ Next month a Warhol retrospective opens at Tate Modern, the first at the gallery for almost 20 years.
From the artist's iconic screenprints and signature self-portraits to delicate line drawings and lesser-known paintings of drag queens and trans women, the exhibition reflects on an unforgettable career and a remarkable life.
​ Andy Warhol (1928-1987) by ​Robert Mapplethorpe 1983; printed in 1990, the year after Mapplethorpe died.
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