Question: What might be described as the purpose and purview of the Andy Warhol foundation?
About the article "Andy Warhol", section "Foundation".

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The Andy Warhol Art Authentication Board, Inc. was a private corporation that certified the authenticity of works by the artist, Andy Warhol.
The organization was created in association with The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.
The Board, based in New York City, consisted of six members who met three times a year to examine works and authenticate them as genuine Warhols.
They did not appraise works' value.
The Board received criticism for its operating methods, which differ from other authentication boards, and its seeming arbitrariness in judging whether or not a work is an authentic Warhol (though, given Warhol's working methods, what constitutes an actual work by Warhol can be open for debate).
The Board did not discuss how they operate, citing privacy concerns. 
Beginning in 2007, Bond No.
9 began a licensing partnership with the Andy Warhol Foundation for Visual Arts, allowing for the creation of fragrances bearing the Warhol name, with bottle designs inspired by his works of art.
The fragrances included: "Andy Warhol Silver Factory" (2007), "Andy Warhol Union Square" (2008), "Andy Warhol Lexington Avenue" (2008), "Andy Warhol Success is a Job in New York" (2009), "Andy Warhol Montauk" (2010), and "Andy Warhol by Bond No.
9" (2011).
When the licensing agreement came to a close in 2013, Bond No.
9 kept the scents, but renamed and repackaged them. 
Quinn served as social secretary for Cherif Guellal.
Quinn describes her and her mother's pleasure at what would now be described as sexual harassment by Strom Thurmond in the 1950s.
Quinn had a cameo role in "Born Yesterday", the 1993 remake of the 1950 romantic comedy.
Andy Warhol did six portraits of Sally Quinn. 
Warhol's will dictated that his entire estate — with the exception of a few modest legacies to family members — would go to create a foundation dedicated to the "advancement of the visual arts".
Warhol had so many possessions that it took Sotheby's nine days to auction his estate after his death; the auction grossed more than US$20 million.
In 1987, in accordance with Warhol's will, the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts began.
The foundation serves as the estate of Andy Warhol, but also has a mission "to foster innovative artistic expression and the creative process" and is "focused primarily on supporting work of a challenging and often experimental nature.
"The Artists Rights Society is the U.S. copyright representative for the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts for all Warhol works with the exception of Warhol film stills.
The U.S. copyright representative for Warhol film stills is the Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh.
Additionally, the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts has agreements in place for its image archive.
All digital images of Warhol are exclusively managed by Corbis, while all transparency images of Warhol are managed by Art Resource.
The Andy Warhol Foundation released its "20th Anniversary Annual Report" as a three-volume set in 2007: Vol.
I, 1987–2007; Vol.
II, Grants & Exhibitions; and Vol.
III, Legacy Program.
The Foundation remains one of the largest grant-giving organizations for the visual arts in the U.S.
He is known for writing the first catalogue raisonné of the artist which was published in July 1970.
This was based on the research for his doctorate at University of Hamburg, and was funded by a two-year doctoral grant from the German government, without commercial backing or financial support from any individuals or galleries.
Crone began working with Andy Warhol in 1968, and continued working with Warhol on numerous books and projects until the artist’s death in 1987.
In January 1970 Warhol and Crone discussed which painting should be used for the cover of the raisonné of his work.
The artist suggested a Red Self-Portrait, which had been recently acquired by Warhol's largest European dealer and Interview magazine co-owner Bruno Bischofberger and signed, dated and dedicated to "Bruno B."
Warhol provided an Ektrachrome of this work which used for the cover of the 1970 raisonne and its 1972 revised edition, and 1976 edition which listed this Red Self Portrait as entry #169.
The Andy Warhol Foundation has refused to authenticate this work as it was produced by someone else on Warhol's instructions.
Warhol signed the work and authorized its inclusion in the first catalogue raisonné.
Crone argues that it should be considered an authentic Warhol.