94 • (ANDY WARHOL & PAUL MORRISSEY) A film still of Mario Montez from his starring role in "Chelsea Girls." Silver print, the image measuring 241.3x190.5 mm.; 9½x7½, the sheet slightly larger, with Warhol's credit and title, in ink, in an unknown hand, on verso. 1966; printed 1968.
[600/900]
Ex-collection Jonas Mekas, New York; private collection, New York. "Jack Smith: Wait For Me at the Bottom of the Pool," Boo-Hooray, New York, February 15 - March 1, 2013. Mario Montez (1935-2013) was an important early star of the underground New York film scene. Appearing in a total of 13 films by Warhol, "Chelsea Girls," is considered his most commercially successful production.
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