Warhol’s Time Capsules
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Warhol’s Time Capsules are a series of hundreds of sealed boxes filled with everyday objects, correspondence, and ephemera that Andy Warhol accumulated over decades, offering an intimate, time-capsule-like record of his life and era.
All labels observed (1)
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| Warhol’s Time Capsules canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Warhol’s Time Capsules Context triple: [Andy Warhol Museum, hasCollection, Warhol’s Time Capsules]
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A.
Warhol Death and Disaster paintings
The Warhol Death and Disaster paintings are a series of works by Andy Warhol that use repeated, often gruesome imagery from news photographs to explore themes of mortality, violence, and mass media desensitization.
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B.
Andy Warhol’s Mao portraits
Andy Warhol’s Mao portraits are a famous series of brightly colored, pop art depictions of Chinese leader Mao Zedong that blend political iconography with mass-media aesthetics.
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C.
Warhol Elvis paintings
The Warhol Elvis paintings are a series of iconic Pop Art works by Andy Warhol that depict Elvis Presley in repeated, silkscreened images derived from a publicity still, exploring themes of celebrity, mass production, and American culture.
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D.
I Shot Andy Warhol
I Shot Andy Warhol is a 1996 independent biographical drama film that portrays the life of radical feminist Valerie Solanas and her attempted assassination of artist Andy Warhol.
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E.
Andy Warhol’s Factory scene
Andy Warhol’s Factory scene was the avant-garde New York art and social milieu of the 1960s centered around Warhol’s studio, known for its experimental films, music, performance art, and bohemian celebrity culture.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Warhol’s Time Capsules Target entity description: Warhol’s Time Capsules are a series of hundreds of sealed boxes filled with everyday objects, correspondence, and ephemera that Andy Warhol accumulated over decades, offering an intimate, time-capsule-like record of his life and era.
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A.
Warhol Death and Disaster paintings
The Warhol Death and Disaster paintings are a series of works by Andy Warhol that use repeated, often gruesome imagery from news photographs to explore themes of mortality, violence, and mass media desensitization.
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B.
Andy Warhol’s Mao portraits
Andy Warhol’s Mao portraits are a famous series of brightly colored, pop art depictions of Chinese leader Mao Zedong that blend political iconography with mass-media aesthetics.
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C.
Warhol Elvis paintings
The Warhol Elvis paintings are a series of iconic Pop Art works by Andy Warhol that depict Elvis Presley in repeated, silkscreened images derived from a publicity still, exploring themes of celebrity, mass production, and American culture.
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D.
I Shot Andy Warhol
I Shot Andy Warhol is a 1996 independent biographical drama film that portrays the life of radical feminist Valerie Solanas and her attempted assassination of artist Andy Warhol.
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E.
Andy Warhol’s Factory scene
Andy Warhol’s Factory scene was the avant-garde New York art and social milieu of the 1960s centered around Warhol’s studio, known for its experimental films, music, performance art, and bohemian celebrity culture.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
archival project
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artwork series ⓘ conceptual artwork ⓘ |
| archivesAt | The Andy Warhol Museum Archives NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collectionMethod | ongoing accumulation of daily materials ⓘ |
| consistsOf |
sealed cardboard boxes
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sealed filing boxes ⓘ |
| contains |
business records
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correspondence ⓘ ephemera ⓘ everyday objects ⓘ invitations ⓘ magazines ⓘ newspapers ⓘ personal letters ⓘ photographs ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| creator | Andy Warhol NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| curatorialStatus | catalogued by archivists ⓘ |
| describedAs |
a portrait of an era
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an intimate record of Warhol’s life ⓘ |
| documentedIn |
The Andy Warhol Museum publications
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scholarly articles on Andy Warhol ⓘ |
| endTime | 1987 ⓘ |
| exhibitedAs | Time Capsule room installation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| exhibitedAt | The Andy Warhol Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
archival art
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conceptual art ⓘ time capsule ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced |
contemporary archival art practices
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museum approaches to artists’ archives ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Time Capsule 1
NERFINISHED
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Time Capsule 112 NERFINISHED ⓘ Time Capsule 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ Time Capsule 21 NERFINISHED ⓘ Time Capsule 72 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inception | 1974 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Pittsburgh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location | The Andy Warhol Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Andy Warhol’s daily life
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New York art world NERFINISHED ⓘ consumer culture ⓘ popular culture ⓘ |
| numberOfItems | over 600 boxes ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Andy Warhol’s collecting habits
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Andy Warhol’s studio The Factory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Andy Warhol’s Diaries NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Subject: Warhol’s Time Capsules Description of subject: Warhol’s Time Capsules are a series of hundreds of sealed boxes filled with everyday objects, correspondence, and ephemera that Andy Warhol accumulated over decades, offering an intimate, time-capsule-like record of his life and era.
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