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ANDY WARHOL FOUNDATION FOR VISUAL ARTS, INC. 
v. GOLDSMITH 
Opinion of the Court 

Figure  1.  A  black  and  white  portrait  photograph  of  Prince
taken in 1981 by Lynn Goldsmith. 

created  a  silkscreen  portrait  of  Prince,  which  appeared
alongside an article about Prince in the November 1984 is-
sue of Vanity Fair.  See fig. 2, infra.  The article, titled “Pur-
ple Fame,” is primarily about the “sexual style” of the new 
celebrity  and  his  music.    Vanity  Fair,  Nov.  1984,  p.  66. 
Goldsmith received her $400 fee, and Vanity Fair credited 
her for the “source photograph.”  2 App. 323, 325–326.  War-
hol received an unspecified amount.

In  addition  to  the  single  illustration  authorized  by  the
Vanity Fair license, Warhol created 15 other works based 
on  Goldsmith’s  photograph:  13  silkscreen  prints  and  two 
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impressions” served as an “ ‘under-drawing,’ ” over which Warhol painted 
colors by hand.  Id., at 165.