Andy WarholAmerican, 1928–1987A Is an Alphabet
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Not on view at present
Where is “A Is an Alphabet” now? Collection: The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Not on view at present. Checked September 22, 2026.
New York, United States
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
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- The museum
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- 248.1996.1-26
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In the life of Andy Warhol
The whole lifeearly 1950s
Friendships with television designers
Warhol befriended television designers, among them John J. Graham, who designed the NBC peacock, and the CBS set designer Charles Lisanby, who became one of his closest companions. He was interested in Lisanby's television work and wanted to follow artists such as Ben Shahn who occasionally worked in the medium.
1952
First solo exhibition
The gallerist Alexander Iolas organised Andy Warhol: Fifteen Drawings Based on the Writings of Truman Capote at New York's Hugo Gallery, Warhol's first solo exhibition.
1955
Shoe advertising for I. Miller
In 1955 Warhol began designing advertisements for the shoe manufacturer Israel Miller; the drawings drew so much attention that in 1956 they won him the Art Directors Club Award for Distinctive Merit. The photographer John Coplans recalled that nobody drew shoes the way Andy did — each had a temperament of its own.
![Liz #3 [Early Colored Liz], Andy Warhol, 1963](/api/img?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.artic.edu%2Fiiif%2F2%2F362c0c2a-4576-2207-4ba9-2b87e6d0bad0%2Ffull%2F1686%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
