Round 9: Tossup 17

This artist’s mother wrote captions such as “to shoe or not to shoe” in a series of shoe drawings whose title riffs on a Proust novel. This artist applied copper paint then urinated on a (10[1])canvas to create (-5[1])his Oxidation Paintings, one of which depicts his mentee Jean-Michel Basquiat. (10[2])A silver car crash is part of (-5[1])this (10[1])artist’s Death and Disaster (10[1])Series. At the Ferus Gallery, this artist debuted a series of paintings whose “Pepper Pot” entry has a torn label. (10[1])This artist, who coined the “15 Minutes of Fame,” (10[2])created a “Diptych” of an actress and several other silkscreens (10[1])in his Manhattan studio, the Factory. (10[1])For 10 points, name this Pop artist of Campbell’s soup cans. (10[1])■END■ (10[1])

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