Dozens Of Lost Warhol Artworks Discovered On Amiga Floppy Disks From The 1980s

Andy Warhol lost originals were found on dozens of floppy disks from the ’80’s.

The artworks were commissioned in 1985 by pioneering home computer company Commodore, who wanted Warhol to demonstrate the graphic capabilities of its new Amiga 1000 as it went head to head with Apple’s popular Macintosh series.

Although video footage exists of the artist creating the images alongside singer Debbie Harry at the launch of the Amiga 1000, the artworks themselves were thought lost until researchers tracked down the obsolete disks within The Warhol Archive and hired a team of experts to extract the contents.

The files revealed dozens of Warhol’s digital originals, ranging from abandoned doodles, to an adapted version of Sandro Botticelli’s Birth Of Venus, and even full reworkings of his own most famous artworks – including the iconic Campbell’s soup can.

By: Cheston Catalano

Cheston Catalano is a Kentucky-based journalist whose work has been featured in the Chattanooga Times Free Press and the Clarksville Leaf Chronicle. He is a long-time contributor to Liberaland.