EPISODE · Jun 15, 2026 · 19 MIN
When Bob Dylan Traded an Andy Warhol Painting for a Couch
from Verso: An Art History Podcast · host Emma Laramie
In 1966, Bob Dylan left Andy Warhol's Factory with a silver Elvis painting tied to the roof of his car, then traded it for a couch. This episode follows that Double Elvis through the Factory, the supposed Dylan–Warhol rivalry, Edie Sedgwick, and a much stranger truth, all the way to its home at MoMA and a $27 million auction that proves Dylan should've kept it. A story about myth, fame, and what we decide is worth keeping.Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/versopodFollow Me on TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@versopodEmail me: [email protected] Further ReadingBlake Gopnik, Warhol: A Life as Art (Ecco/HarperCollins, 2020)Jean Stein and George Plimpton, Edie: An American Biography (Knopf, 1982)Howard Sounes, Down the Highway: The Life of Bob Dylan (Grove Press, 2001).
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