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Yeah, that's nice. That's great. I forget which client in particular
wanted a slightly larger portrait, and he was like,
"No, no, it has to be 40x40." Yeah, let's do the big smiles. And he told me,
"Because, Bob, someday, "I want all my portraits,
one of each person I painted, "all put together
as one big painting, "all touching each other, "and I want it to be in
the Metropolitan Museum of Art, "and it's going to be called
Portrait Of Society." So, they all came out.
I mean, there's no bad ones. Of course, it wasn't
a portrait of all of society. It was of this sort of
pretentious version of society. Andy was interested in getting
tyrants and businesspeople to pose for portraits
as part of this portrayal
wanted a slightly larger portrait, and he was like,
"No, no, it has to be 40x40." Yeah, let's do the big smiles. And he told me,
"Because, Bob, someday, "I want all my portraits,
one of each person I painted, "all put together
as one big painting, "all touching each other, "and I want it to be in
the Metropolitan Museum of Art, "and it's going to be called
Portrait Of Society." So, they all came out.
I mean, there's no bad ones. Of course, it wasn't
a portrait of all of society. It was of this sort of
pretentious version of society. Andy was interested in getting
tyrants and businesspeople to pose for portraits
as part of this portrayal
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Yeah, that's nice. That's great.
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I forget which client in particular
wanted a slightly larger portrait,
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and he was like,
"No, no, it has to be 40x40."
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Yeah, let's do the big smiles.
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And he told me,
"Because, Bob, someday,
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"I want all my portraits,
one of each person I painted,
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"all put together
as one big painting,
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"all touching each other,
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"and I want it to be in
the Metropolitan Museum of Art,
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"and it's going to be called
Portrait Of Society."
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So, they all came out.
I mean, there's no bad ones.
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Of course, it wasn't
a portrait of all of society.
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It was of this sort of
pretentious version of society.
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Andy was interested in getting
tyrants and businesspeople
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to pose for portraits
as part of this portrayal.
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Movie Summary
He was a pioneering artist and cultural icon and his work is a history of 20th-century America. A country reinventing itself as seen through an artist's eye. 3 part documentary looking at 20th century America through the life of W...
