On April 1, 1987, 25 years ago, Andy Warhol was buried in New York a ceremony was held at Saint Patrick’s cathedral where 2000 people were present. Among them, photographer Christophe von Hohenberg. Here are his pictures. A book, “Andy Warhol: The Day The Factory Died” was published for the occasion. It is a kind of Who’s Who of New York celebrities.
David Hockney, Francesco Clemente, Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Mapplethorpe, Julia Schnabel, Yoko Ono, Bianca Jagger, Raquel Welsh, Palmela Picasso; art dealers Leo Castelli, Tony Shafrazi and Holly Solomon; writers George Plimpton, Fran Lebowitz, Dominick Dunne and Tom Wolfe; music mogul Ahmet Ertegun; music legends Liza Minelli, Lou Reed and Debbie Harry; fashion designers Halston, Calvin Klein, Stephen Sprouse and Diane von Furstenberg; downtown habitués Michael Musto, Joey Arias, Diane Brill, and Studio 54’s Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager.
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