A number of previously unknown works by Andy Warhol have been discovered on Amiga storage disks.
The disks, which are over 30 year old, contained a number of works commissioned by computer firm Commodore for the launch of the Amiga 1000. A total of 18 images were on the disk, including some Amiga-based reproductions of well known works like ‘Campbell’s Soup Cans’ and his depiction of Marilyn Monroe.
The BBC reports that discovery was made by Warhol fanatic Cory Arcangel, who found the disks in the archives of the Andy Warhol Museum and recruited members of Carnegie Mellon University’s computer club to recover the data.
Due to the obscure file format used, the recovery project took a total of three years to complete.
Below is a video of Warhol producing a portrait of Blondie singer Debbie Harry on an Amiga computer in 1985:
