The Andy Warhol Diaries Part 46

Farrah Fawcettat 860 Broadway, posing fora Polaroid photo that Andy will use in making her portrait.

Jerry Hall posing for her portrait Polaroid, (photo Andy Warhol) (photo Andy Warhol)

With New York Met Tom Seaver in July 1977. (photo Christopher Makos) (photo Christopher Makos)

Liza Minnelli posing for his portrait Polaroid, 1978.(photo Andy Warhol)

Top Right: Tinkerbelle and Divine. (photo Andy Warhol) (photo Andy Warhol) Top Left: Robin Williams thrift-store shopping in the Village April 17,1979.(photo Andy Warhol) Middle: Jon Gould, Philip Johnson,and David Whitnry.(photo Andy Warhol) Bottom Right: Truman Capote near his apartment in U.N.Plaza, summer,1978.(photo Andy Warhol) Bottom Left: Bruce Springsteen, August 21, 1978.(photo Andy Warhol)

Bob Colacello and Nancy Reagan. (official White House photo) (official White House photo)

Top: Fred Hughes and Jerry Hall,(photo Andy Warhol) Middle: With Christopher Makos in 1982 Bottom: With one of the Dupont twins and Cornelia Guest.

Top: On Fifth Avenue with Fred Hughes and Yoyo and Bruno Bischofberger.

Bottom Right: With Jodie Foster.(photo Christopher Makos)

Getting weightlifting instructions from his trainer, Lidija. (photo Christopher Makos) (photo Christopher Makos)

On a snowmobile with Jon Gould in Colorado on January 1,1983. (photo Mark Sink) (photo Mark Sink)

Top Right: Jean Michel Basquiat going into a show of his paintings at the Mary Boone Gallery. (photo Andy Warhol) (photo Andy Warhol) Bottom Left: Jean Michel Basquiat's portraits of himself and Andy, done in October 1982. (photo Andy Warhol) (photo Andy Warhol)

Artist Francesco Clemente, (photo Andy Warhol) (photo Andy Warhol)

Peter Martins, January 1987. (photo Andy Warhol) (photo Andy Warhol)

Two of the "Kids at the office,"Wilfredo Rosado(left), a fashion editor at Interview, and Sam Boldon (right) (right).(photo Andy Warhol)

With Kenny Scharf and Keith Haring. (photo Patrick McMullan) (photo Patrick McMullan) Keith Haring art (in background), Keith Haring art (in background), (photo Andy Warhol) (photo Andy Warhol)

Tama Janowitz and Ronnie Cutrone in matching Stephen Sprouse jackets at an art opening in 1985. (photo Benjamin Liu) (photo Benjamin Liu)

Top Right: Steven Greenberg and Tama Janowitz in 1986. (photo Andy Warhol) Warhol) Bottom Left: Designer Stephen Sprouse at the 33rd Street offices, (photo Andy Warhol) Andy Warhol)

With model/actress Paulina Porizkova, Rie Ocasek, and Vincent Fremont, July 18,1986. (photo Pot Hockett) (photo Pot Hockett)

Record producer Jellybean and Madonna. (photo Andy Worhol) (photo Andy Worhol)

Alba Clemente with Julian Schnabel (photo Andy Warhol) (photo Andy Warhol)

At a manicuring installation at Area in August 1985. (photo Patrick McMullan) (photo Patrick McMullan)

With Federico Fellini, March 26,1986. (phofo Patrick McMullan) Patrick McMullan)

Liberace and John s.e.x at Andy's 33rd Street off ices, December 6,1984 (photo Andy Warhol) (photo Andy Warhol)

Debbie Harry wearing Stephen Sprouse, summer 1986. (photo Andy Warhol) (photo Andy Warhol)

Yoko Ono, Sean Lennon, and Sam Havadtoy. (photo Andy Warhol) (photo Andy Warhol)

Kate Harrington, Jane Sarkin, Don Munroe, Glen Albin, and Marc Balet at Kate's birthday party in 1985. (photo Pat Hackett) (photo Pat Hackett)

With Pat Hackett in 1986 at the Hard Rock Cafe. (photo Sam Bolton) (photo Sam Bolton)

Paige Powell and Jean Michel Basquiat in Hawaii in February, 1984. (photo by Janine Basquiat) (photo by Janine Basquiat)

Paige Powell styled for an appearance in the movie of the novel Slaves of New York. (photo Tama Janowitz) Slaves of New York. (photo Tama Janowitz)

With Miles Davis, February 17,1987. (photo Christopher Makos) (photo Christopher Makos)

With Grace Jones at the wedding of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver, April 26,1986. In the background is a statue of Arnold-a wedding gift from Kurt Waldheim. (photo Peter Wise) (photo Peter Wise)

Stuart Pivar. (photo Andy Warhol) (photo Andy Warhol)

In 1985 with Brigid Berlin's dog Fortune in the first-floor office area of the former Con Edison building that Andy bought and moved into at the end of 1984. (photo Paige Powell) Paige Powell)

Viva, Marisol, Sylvia Miles, and Geraldine Smith at a lunch following the memorial service for Andy at St. Patrick's on Aprili, 1987. (photo Patrick McMullan) (photo Patrick McMullan)

Andy, 1986. (photo Patrick McMullan) (photo Patrick McMullan) Sunday, July 22, 1984-Aspen-New York Benjamin showed me that his seat on the plane converted into a toilet-if you had to go to the bathroom, you would have to ask him to get up and then a curtain would come around you. So that scared me into not drinking anything on the flight-you would've had to say, "Excuse me, but I would like to use your seat for a toilet." But Vitas had about six sodas and still he didn't have to use it.

So anyway, this small plane had to add fuel in Denver because a load big enough to get us to New York would've been too heavy to get us over the mountains, it's a regulation. And then we stopped in Pittsburgh for a minute (candy $3). There were six seats plus the toilet seat that Benjamin sat on. Got to New York.

Monday, July 23, 1984 Cabbed to meet Lidija ($6.50). And all the gym equipment had been moved out over the weekend so we just had the bare essentials left at 860. I packed some boxes and that tires me more than anything, more than doing ten paintings. Because it's emotional.

The big news came about Robert Hayes and I didn't want to think about it. The kids at Interview Interview were all upset. Fred says we have to do a page on him, but I just don't know if that's a good idea. But Fred says we have to. were all upset. Fred says we have to do a page on him, but I just don't know if that's a good idea. But Fred says we have to.

Walked over to Private Eyes and started talking to John-John Kennedy and he's so big and handsome now. Then this kid started taking pictures and John-John said it would be okay if it wasn't too obvious, but then it was obvious, so John-John walked away. So many pretty people. Timothy Hutton came in and that was so exciting, and Antony Radziwill. It was a party for the Cars.

Tuesday, July 24, 1984 Got woken up by Jean Michel talking about his girlfriend things. She has an infection in her tubes. This is the tall tall blonde, Ann. He's working his way up. He started with short girls and he's getting more confidence and now he's with tall blondes that are just average-looking, but he'll go on to the Swedish beauties, I just bet. Then he'll have a white baby with one and then dump her for a black girl, right?

Went down to meet Grace Jones at the office and we waited for three hours. Benjamin went out and made calls and finally tracked her down at Bergdorf's getting a fur coat out of the Revillon cooler. She spends all her money on fur coats. She says it's all she cares about, that she doesn't care about money, just furs. I told her it's crazy, that you can't resell them or anything, and that she should buy jewelry, but she just loves furs. It's that insane. She buys them and stores them all in the cooler. I was taking pictures of Grace for Vogue Vogue, and we were interviewing her for the cover of Interview Interview. But anyway, she was really late, and we were putting her down for hours and then suddenly she appeared and it was all, "Oh darling!" So that would be funny to have all the put-downs in the interview and then show when it all changed when she walked in (Benjamin's phone calls $5).

Andre Leon Talley asked Grace if she thought she was white and she said yes. He's just lowkey and good. Sent out for champagne, but then we didn't have ice. Everything's gone from the office.

Wednesday, July 25, 1984 Walked around a little and then cabbed to meet Fred on Spring Street and Sixth Avenue to sign prints for the building I did (cab $8). And the woman who owns the place is 5' X 5'. And she was so grand. I kept asking her how much the building cost and she said, oh well she just couldn't remember, you know, so offhand, and I mean, this is a person who would know to the penny in one second how much she paid for every floorboard. And it was a glamorous reception room and I was jealous of the setup, so neat and orderly, and she's been printing Norman Rockwell for years.

Then Fred said may we have our check, please, and they didn't even have it. And then the 5' X 5' lady had an extra print there and she said, "Oh it would be so sweet of you to sign it to me," and I just said no. And then later I took it all out on Fred. I mean she was so grand, the fat slob, and they didn't even have our check.

But I'm sure they do make up a lot of extras, these things are always showing up in Macy's or somewhere. Prints are so easy to fake. And I mean, museum posters? Forget it! Anybody Anybody can do a poster from this or that show at this or that museum. I mean, I see my Brooklyn Bridge print being sold everywhere and where's can do a poster from this or that show at this or that museum. I mean, I see my Brooklyn Bridge print being sold everywhere and where's our our part of that money? part of that money?

And Fred, since he stopped drinking, his grandness is appearing again, and it's kind of scary. It only used to appear when he was drinking and now it's there without drinking. He's going to Linda Li. And he doesn't know if she really believes this stuff or if she's just out to make a hundred bucks. I guess she jangled up his nerves. He said he just wanted to see what I was into now.

Thursday, July 26, 1984 Cabbed to meet Lidija ($6). Worked out and then packed boxes, tried to, all afternoon at 860. I'm just going to try to stay on there as long as possible until they kick us out because I love it now with the whole place empty and it's so sunny up front and I hate to leave Union Square Park-I'll miss the trees. As long as I have a phone, that's all I need.

Sat.u.r.day, July 28, 1984 Went to Soho to go to Robert Mapplethorpe's shooting session of Grace Jones for Interview Interview that Keith Haring was doing special makeup for (cab $6). Stopped at Central Falls for lunch because they advertise, they were thrilled to have us (lunch $40). Then wandered around Soho, knowing that Grace would be good and late. Signed autographs. Called Keith and he said to come in forty minutes. So to kill time we went over to Avenue D and 2nd Street where Keith had done a thing called "Candy Store"-he painted a brownstone with a storefront red and green and blue and purple and inside the kids sell drugs. Like heroin. Keith said he wanted to be around "hot kids." that Keith Haring was doing special makeup for (cab $6). Stopped at Central Falls for lunch because they advertise, they were thrilled to have us (lunch $40). Then wandered around Soho, knowing that Grace would be good and late. Signed autographs. Called Keith and he said to come in forty minutes. So to kill time we went over to Avenue D and 2nd Street where Keith had done a thing called "Candy Store"-he painted a brownstone with a storefront red and green and blue and purple and inside the kids sell drugs. Like heroin. Keith said he wanted to be around "hot kids."

Went to Mapplethorpe's on Bond Street. Keith did Grace's makeup and Mapplethorpe shot her and we were there for three hours. Then went home to watch the opening of the Olympics on TV and it was thrilling, then (cab $3) to Grace's dinner that she was giving at Holbrook's.

David Keith was there. He's sublet Jon's old apartment on 76th Street when Jon bought that one-bedroom apartment in the Hotel des Artistes. David Keith's career was so hot for a few minutes there. That's when Jon met him, from Officer and a Gentleman Officer and a Gentleman. He'd gotten there on time at 9:00-he didn't know the Grace Jones Story. So we explained to him that two hours late usually timed it right for Grace, but still still she got there half an hour after we did. And Grace's mother was there. She was just a normal mother. she got there half an hour after we did. And Grace's mother was there. She was just a normal mother.

David left and came back with Twiggy. Grace insisted on waiting until he got back, which was 2:30 A.M A.M., and then we went down to Private Eyes.

Sunday, July 29, 1984 I took all my old bread to the park and tried to give it to the birds but they didn't come around and I just hated them for that. Went to church. Then was picked up by Jon, he had a car, and we went out to the Brants' big spread in Greenwich. Jed decorated the house and everything, and it was my first time seeing it. Rolling hills and white columns. It's impressive. Peter's so into polo and horses, still. It was a lot of polo players at the place. I was underdressed because Sandy told me it would be all right to just come like that, and then I felt crummy, especially when I saw Jed was there. Fred came with Averil and her husband, and it was his birthday. I saw a couch that was a copy of the one that I have on my first floor, and they'd had it done for $2,000, and I told them that they could get one that was the real thing from the Roosevelt estate for $85,000. They have one of my paintings in every room. And Peter had paid I think $500,000 for a new Jasper Johns that didn't look like a Johns, it's his new stuff, it looks like an ill.u.s.tration.

Barbara Allen was there with the Polish guy, Kwiatkowski, and he does have capped teeth. I mean, she could have just had Joe Allen's teeth capped, if that's what she wanted. I don't get it. And Joe Allen was there with his new wife, Rhonda.

They had a dance band that played during dinner and everybody danced. PH was with Jed.

And I went into the big room where they had a Marilyn over the mantle in a gold frame and it looked just beautiful. Really beautiful. It looked like a million-dollar painting. It looked so right in that room with all the America stuff. I wish I'd painted better in those days, though. The painting on it-it's not painted too well. I didn't know how then. And they had my Merce Cunningham in the same room where the Jasper Johns was. And they had my Mona Lisa on the way up to the stairs. I tried to take Jon back to see the Marilyn but then there were Glorious Food waiters telling people not to go into the rooms.

Monday, July 30, 1984 I didn't want to go to Robert Hayes's memorial service, I was thinking of giving his family a painting of him, but in the end I decided it'd be easier to just go so people wouldn't talk.

And Chris just called me up to talk about the service saying that it was all a fantasy and why didn't Robert's old boyfriends get up there and talk. He said he should have worn a black veil and gotten up there and said he was the first Mrs. Hayes. I told him that eulogies are always always a fantasy, but that that's what you do. I think he must be nervous, too, though, about Robert dying. I think we're going to have to do something for this disease, though. I mean like a benefit, because it's like polio or something. I mean, they don't know that it's s.e.xually transmitted for sure-it's just a virus! a fantasy, but that that's what you do. I think he must be nervous, too, though, about Robert dying. I think we're going to have to do something for this disease, though. I mean like a benefit, because it's like polio or something. I mean, they don't know that it's s.e.xually transmitted for sure-it's just a virus!

Chris is so outrageous, though. After getting months of free lessons from Lidija by being with me, when she needed a photo for the ad she wants to run, he said it would cost her $750!

At 4:00 we went over to 22nd and Park to the church for the service for Robert Hayes, and the place was completely filled.

Tuesday, July 31, 1984 Susan Blond called and wanted to know who the people were who I wanted to get the Michael Jackson tickets for, if they were anyone who could do anything for her. And she said that Michael might want to go to an art gallery with me while he's here. She said that they'd close the Museum of Modern Art for him, so that might be fun. Steve Rubell said (laughs) (laughs), "Michael might want to see a little art."

A couple of people called about Bill Pitt-he died. I think maybe he committed suicide. His best friend called and we talked. He thought maybe Bill had gone to a doctor to get a test for AIDS and that maybe he found out he had it and decided to take an overdose. He wasn't happy. Worked till 7:00. Went to bed at 11:30.

I'm going to go to a doctor who puts crystals on you and it gives you energy. I asked Dr. Li to recommend one and she gave me a name. Jon's gotten interested in that kind of stuff-he says it gives you "powers," and I think it sounds like a good thing to be doing. Health is wealth.

Wednesday, August 1, 1984 Somebody told me there's a thing in the Sunday New York Times Book Review New York Times Book Review about me in a review by an Iranian guy, saying that the Shah and somebody else got together and talked about how unattractive I was. That ruined my day, hearing that. about me in a review by an Iranian guy, saying that the Shah and somebody else got together and talked about how unattractive I was. That ruined my day, hearing that.

I went to the crystal doctor and it takes fifteen minutes and the three people in the waiting room I knew, even. It cost $75 and he told me my pancreas was the only thing still giving me pimples. It was fascinating. Really fascinating. He and the secretaries wear crystals around their necks. He said his was very special because it was programmed by the head person of the crystal place. And the secretary's was blinking like a light show. He didn't give me a crystal, he gave me the name of a place to go to buy one and then I'll bring it to him and he'll check it out.

Christopher came by the office. He saw a lot of pictures and he said, "Oh, do you have work for me?" He still doesn't know that I'm using his ex-a.s.sistant Terry, but I'm going to have to sit him down and break it to him one day. I mean, she does it for half the price, for $3 a print- and he charges $6. I mean, after all those free trips he got and everything, he's just crazy. Well, I'm I'm crazy. Why did I crazy. Why did I take take him? him?