An Andy Warhol portrait rejected by Donald Trump more than 40 years ago is up for auction — and the famed artist’s diaries ...

More than 40 years ago, to commemorate his new skyscraper, Trump commissioned a series of portraits of the building from ...

In 1981, the tycoon commissioned the artist to do a series of works inspired by Trump Tower, but he did not like the result ...

43 x 27.5 cm. (16.9 x 10.8 in.) ...

42 x 27.5 cm. (16.5 x 10.8 in.) ...

Requested by Donald Trump for Trump Tower's lobby, the Warhol portrait is part of the "New York Skyscrapers" series, ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A man takes an image of a screen print depicting Queen Elizabeth II, one in a series of sixteen prints of ...

Two months later, Marc Balet, the art director of Interview magazine, arranged for Trump to visit Warhol’s Factory. Trump, whom Warhol described as “butch,” was interested in having the Pop ...

The Warhol portraits include renderings of Queen ... and Queen Ntombi Tfwala of Swaziland (now Eswatini). In a phone interview with the Associated Press, Visser called the heist "amateurish." ...

The story of the most controversial “New York Skyscrapers” piece reveals an unprecedented glimpse into New York City's society of the '80s. Its recent auction result demonstrates how that era ...