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 canvas (10[1])to create (10[1])his Oxidation Paintings, (10[2])one of which depicts his mentee (10[1])Jean-Michel Basquiat. A silver car crash is part of this artist’s (-5[1])Death and Disaster Series. (10[2])At the Ferus Gallery, this artist debuted a series of paintings whose “Pepper Pot” entry has a torn label. This artist, who coined the “15 Minutes of Fame,” (10[1])created a “Diptych” of an actress and several other silkscreens in his Manhattan studio, the Factory. For 10 points, name this Pop artist of Campbell’s soup cans. ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Andy Warhol [or Andrew Warhola Jr.] (The first line refers to À la recherche du shoe perdu.)
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