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Andy Warhol is signing his latest book of Polaroids at a large bookstore in Manhattan, hundreds of fans pressing around the table. A young man at the edge of the crowd walks slowly behind the table, arm-length from Warhol, adroitly snatches his wig, tosses it to an accomplice waiting near the door. Both run out into the anonymous streets of New York.

A Tale of a Wig: My Brush with Andy Warhol
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Published in: May-June 2009 issue.

 

Andy Warhol is signing his latest book of Polaroids at a large bookstore in Manhattan, warhol_polaroids_fo_int_3d_05790_1505201505_id_963912hundreds of fans pressing around the table. A young man at the edge of the crowd walks slowly behind the table, arm-length from Warhol, adroitly snatches his wig, tosses it to an accomplice waiting near the door. Both run out into the anonymous streets of New York.

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