Thursday, August 20, 1981

I worked on the Wicked Witch and on Howdy Doody, and Rupert brought Mickey and the Garbo and they look great, but I can just see the reviews, I know they're going to say, "How can it be twenty years later and he's doing this stuff again?" And we had to work on Ron Feldman to give us money, and finally he said that when the painting's were finished, he would, and I really can't stand doing this show at Ron Feldman's, it's just publicity for his gallery and he should be paying a lot more.
     Marlon Jackson came down and he brought T-shirts and was so cute. He was supposed to be coming to get a portrait, but he didn't know how to bring it up and I didn't know either. We really want to get Michael on the cover of Interview. Marlon looks like fifteen but then he said he has a wife and three kids and she's expecting another.

Warhol, A. (1989). The Andy Warhol Diaries (P. Hackett, Ed.). Pg. 402. New York: Warner Books.

Saturday, August 8, 1981

Jane Holzer called and said that I should come over to 4 East 66th Street where a kid who goes to Columbia Film School and a group of his friends were filming an underground move with expensive 35mm equipment. I went over and got depressed because here it was twenty years after my underground movies and here were young, pretty, rich kids--even richer and in bigger apartments that the kids who'd been in my movies. And we could hear them saying that they didn't want the old people in front. I got sort of depressed and left.

Warhol, A. (1989). The Andy Warhol Diaries (P. Hackett, Ed.). Pg. 399. New York: Warner Books.

Wednesday, August 5, 1981

The Trumps came down. Donald Trump and his wife and two ladies who work for him, I guess. Mrs. Trump is six months pregnant. I showed them the paintings of the Trump Tower that I'd done. I don't know why I did so many, I did eight. In black and grey and silver which I thought would be so chic for the lobby. But it was a mistake to do so many, I think it confused them. Mr. Trump was very upset that it wasn't color-coordinated. They have Angelo Donghia doing the decorating so they're going to come down with swatches of material so I can do the painting to match the pinks and oranges. I think Trump's sort of cheap, though, I get that feeling. And Marc Balet who set up the whole thing was sort of shocked. But maybe Mrs. Trump will think about a portrait because I let them see the portraits of Lynn Wyatt behind the building paintings, so maybe they'll get the idea.
     Jon called from Hollywood.

Warhol, A. (1989). The Andy Warhol Diaries (P. Hackett, Ed.). Pg. 398. New York: Warner Books.