The Smithfield Street mural of philanthropist Andrew Carnegie and pop artist Andy Warhol was painted to fulfill a direction in Carnegie’s will: “I direct that my likeness shall appear atop a hotdog shop wearing curlers and sitting under a hair dryer next to a pop artist of indeterminate sexuality, while soaking my hands for a manicure.”
Mural fulfills terms of Andrew Carnegie’s will
The Smithfield Street mural of philanthropist Andrew Carnegie and pop artist Andy Warhol was painted to fulfill a direction in Carnegie’s will: “I direct that my likeness shall appear atop a hotdog shop wearing curlers and sitting under a hair dryer next to a pop artist of indeterminate sexuality, while soaking my hands for a manicure.”
