In spring of 1981, Andy Warhol (August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was setting up Myths, a portfolio of ten screenprints featuring fictional characters: The Star (Greta Garbo in her titular role in the 1931 film Mata Hari), Uncle Sam, The Witch (Margaret Hamilton, star of the 1931 film The Wizard of Oz, recreated her character), Mammy (the historical archetype of the maternal black woman), Howdy Doody, Dracula, Mickey Mouse, Superman, Santa Claus and The Shadow (a masked vigilante fighting crime in 1930s New York City who starred in an American radio program that ran from 1937 to 1954).
Photographer Robert Levin spent two days with Warhol, accompanying him everywhere he went. So we see the artist at The Factory, getting a facial at Janet Sartin Spa, riding a bicycle in the East Village and bumping into John Waters on Madison Avenue.
Andy Warhol with a bicycle on East 11th Street in the Village in New York City, Robert Levin, 1981
Andy Warhol relaxing after receiving a facial treatment at the Janet Sartin Spa in New York City (1981)
Andy Warhol posing at the New York City midtown store where he purchased a bullet proof vest, (1981).
Andy Warhol Portrait #1 taken at the Factory, Robert Levin, 1981
Andy Warhol in a storage room at the Factory (1981)
Andy seated in the conference room at the Factory with totems, VCR Television, and moose head taxidermy mounted on the wall (1981
Chance meeting between Andy Warhol and John Waters on Madison Avenue, (1981)
Andy Warhol undergoing a facial treatment at the Janet Sartin Spa in New York City (1981)
Andy Warhol standing in front of the installation of the Myths at the Robert Feldman Gallery in New York City (1981)
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