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Watch: How Andy Warhol’s Lost Computer Art Was Finally Found

Post author By Steve
Post date October 9, 2015
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Andy Warhol with Debbie Harry at the 1985 Amiga Launch at Lincoln Center

Back in the 1980s, computer makers were scrambling to get Andy Warhol to try out their spiffy new graphic software. Among them was Steve Jobs, who had been pestering Warhol to play with MacPaint, initially to a lukewarm response.

Tags Andy Warhol, Andy Warhol Museum, Art, Carnegie Mellon Computer Club, Carnegie Museum of Art, Carnie Mellon, Commodore Amiga, Computers, Design, MacPaint, Steve Jobs, Trapped: Andy Warhol’s Amiga Experiments

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