In 1949 Warhol arrived in New York City, where he made a meager living in advertising display work. He took some of his drawings to Glamour magazine and received a commission to make drawings of shoes. These were published and admired; he then worked for a shoe chain. In 1957 a shoe advertisement brought him the Art Directors' Club Medal. His work appeared in Vogue and Harper's Bazaar magazines, and in 1959 he exhibited his gold shoe drawings in a New York City gallery.

Andy Warhol. Encyclopedia of World Biography (2004) Accessed from http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3404706736.html Accessed cite on October 15, 2008.

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