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 his Oxidation (10[1])Paintings, one of which (10[2])depicts his mentee Jean-Michel Basquiat. A silver car crash is part of this artist’s Death and Disaster Series. 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,” created (10[1])a “Diptych” (10[1])of an actress (10[1])and several other silkscreens (10[1])in his Manhattan studio, the Factory. For 10 points, name this Pop artist of Campbell’s soup cans. ■END■

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