Appendix C: The Preserved Screen Tests

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Appendix C: The Preserved Screen Tests

Callie Angell

Andy Warhol Screen Tests: The Films of Andy Warhol Catalogue Raisonné, Vol. 1

~Since 1995 the Museum of Modern Art in New York has been restoring and preserving the Warhol Screen Tests (as well as many of Warhol’s other films, which will be covered in Volume 2 of the catalogue raisonné). By 2005, 279 Screen Tests have been preserved, out of a total of 472.

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Callie Angell

PublisherYale University Press

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00286.9

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Appendix C: The Preserved Screen Tests

Since 1995 the Museum of Modern Art in New York has been restoring and preserving the Warhol Screen Tests (as well as many of Warhol’s other films). By 2005, 279 Screen Tests have been preserved, out of a total of 472.

For the sake of convenience, the Screen Tests were assembled into reels for preservation and distribution, with ten Screen Tests per reel. (The only exception to this rule is MoMA Screen Test Reel 12, which has only seven Screen Tests.) The Screen Tests were assembled and preserved according to the numerical order in which they had been internally catalogued by MoMA; that is, the ordering of the Screen Tests on the reels is for the most part entirely random in relation to dates, content, stylistic considerations, or the order in which they were actually shot. One exception to this rule is a group of Screen Tests from The Thirteen Most Beautiful Women (ST365), which were found stored together in a box and were therefore catalogued in order by MoMA; they have been preserved together in Reel 25, rolls 5–10.

Another group of original Screen Tests was found spliced together in a reel titled Original Salvador Dalí (ST367); this reel has been preserved by MoMA under the title Salvador Dalí. In this book, Salvador Dalí has been catalogued in Chapter Five; the individual Screen Tests from this film have also been catalogued alphabetically under the names of the individual people in them. The Screen Tests found in Salvador Dalí are not included in the MoMA Screen Test reels listed below. Also not included in these MoMA reels are the two Bob Dylan Screen Tests preserved in 2005.

Four of the films preserved as Screen Tests by MoMA have not been catalogued as Screen Tests in this publication. As further information became available, it became apparent that Alan Marlowe/Diane di Prima (MoMA Screen Test Reel 13, no. 8) was not a Screen Test but a separate short film from 1964. Similarly, Denis Deegan (MoMA Screen Test Reel 13, no. 10) turned out to be part of a longer portrait film of Deegan from 1963. Although the 1964 double-portrait film Philip and Gerard (MoMA Screen Test Reel 19, no. 7) is as static as most Screen Tests, its complex visual and psychological content suggests that it should be considered a film in its own right. And Steve Holden (MoMA Screen Test Reel 22, no. 3) has been identified as one roll in a longer film from 1964 called Steve Holden Drunk.

During preservation, original Screen Tests were spliced together head-to-tail in groups of ten onto larger reels; to avoid confusion between similar films, the MoMA cataloguing numbers were written on the clear film at the head of each Screen Test. The assembled reels were then sent to the lab, where two negatives were generated for each 1,100’ reel. The “release negative” is used to generate positive prints for exhibition. The “archival negative” is placed in climate–controlled storage and preserved as archival material. Once preservation was complete, the assembled Screen Test reels were disassembled, and each individual Screen Test was replaced in its original box and returned to climate—controlled storage for preservation as archival material. Many of the frame enlargements in this book were made from the preserved Screen Tests in MoMA Reels 1 through 23; unpreserved Screen Tests were photographed directly from the camera originals.

The Screen Tests have been preserved by The Museum of Modern Art with funding from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. 16mm Screen Test reels may be rented from the Circulating Film Library, The Museum of Modern Art, 11 West 53rd Street, New York, N.Y. 10019. Tel: 212–708–9530; e-mail: circfilm@moma.org.

Preserved Screen Tests Available from The Museum of Modern Art

Reel 1

1. Charles Aberg, 1966 (ST1)

2. Roderick Clayton, 1966 (ST59)

3. Imu, 1964 (ST160)

4. Peter Hujar, 1964 (ST156)

5. Amy Taubin, 1964 (ST334)

6. Alicia Purchon Clark, 1965 (ST55)

7. Hal, 1964 (ST125)

8. Susanne De Maria, 1964 (ST72)

9. Danny Foster, 1966 (ST109)

10. Virginia Tusi, 1965 (ST345)

Reel 2

1. Amy Taubin, 1964 (ST335)

2. Bibbe Hansen, 1965 (ST129)

3. Nancy Fish, 1964 (ST102)

4. Jim Rosenquist, 1964 (ST285)

5. Donyale Luna, 1965 (ST196)

6. Steve Balkin, 1964 (ST14)

7. Marilynn Karp, 1964 (ST173)

8. Cathy James, 1965 (ST163)

9. Tina, 1965 (ST341)

10. Kellie, 1965 (ST175)

Reel 3

1. Henry Geldzahler, 1965 (ST113)

2. Twist Jim Rosenquist, 1964 (ST284)

3. Beverly Grant, 1964 (ST122)

4. Pat Hartley, 1965 (ST130)

5. Roderick Clayton, 1966 (ST58)

6. Tony Towle, 1964 (ST342)

7. Kyoko Kishida, 1964 (ST183)

8. Charles Aberg, 1966 (ST3)

9. Paul Thek, 1964 (ST338)

10. Gerard Malanga, 1964 (ST198)

Reel 4

1. Buffy Phelps, 1965 (ST256)

2. John Giorno, 1964 (ST117)

3. Paul Wittenborn, 1965 (ST353)

4. Kenneth King, 1964 (ST179)

5. Dennis Hopper, 1964 (ST155)

6. Kipp Stagg, 1965 (ST326)

7. Richard Markowitz, 1964 (ST205)

8. Dennis Hopper, 1964 (ST154)

9. Richard Schmidt, 1965 (ST297)

10. Gregory Battcock, 1964 (ST18)

Reel 5

1. Dennis Hopper, 1964 (ST153)

2. Peier Hujar, 1964 (ST158)

3. Bruce Rudow, 1964 (ST287)

4. François de Menil, 1965 (ST214)

5. Patrick Fleming, 1966 (ST104)

6. Helmut, 1964 (ST136)

7. Ivy Nicholson, 1965 (ST232)

8. Jane Holzer, 1964 (ST146)

9. Walter Dainwood, 1964 (ST66)

10. Paul Katz, 1966 (ST174)

Reel 6

1. Charles Rydell, 1964 (ST290)

2. Dan Cassidy, 1965 (ST49)

3. David Hallacy, 1964 (ST127)

4. François de Menil, 1965 (ST213)

5. Roderick Clayton, 1966 (ST57)

6. Gerard Malanga, 1964 (ST199)

7. Jean-Paul Germain, 1965 (ST114)

8. Kenneth King, 1964 (ST180)

9. Charles Aberg, 1966 (ST2)

10. Lawrence Casey, 1964 (ST48)

Reel 7

1. Paul Wittenborn, 1965 (ST354)

2. Barbara Rubin, 1965 (ST286)

3. Ondine, 1966 (ST249)

4. Bea Feitler, 1964 (ST100)

5. Imu, 1964 (ST161)

6. David Hallacy, 1964 (ST126)

7. Lucinda Childs, 1964 (ST53)

8. Timothy Baum, 1966 (ST19)

9. Marie Menken, 1966 (ST215)

10. Billy Linich, 1964 (ST194)

Reel 8

1. Marian Zazeela, 1964 (ST362)

2. Edie Sedgwick, 1965 (ST306)

3. Charles Henri Ford, 1966 (ST105)

4. Susan Sontag, 1964 (ST318)

5. Katha Dees, 1964 (ST74)

6. Mary Woronov, 1966 (ST357)

7. Debbie Caen, 1965 (ST36)

8. Willard Maas, 1965 (ST197)

9. Jane Holzer, 1964 (ST141)

10. Jane Holzer, 1964 (ST139)

Reel 9

1. Brooke Hayward, 1964 (ST131)

2. Peter Hujar, 1964 (ST157)

3. Binghamton Birdie, 1964 (ST25)

4. Dan Cassidy, 1965 (ST51)

5. John Giorno, 1964 (ST116)

6. Charles Rydell, 1964 (ST289)

7. Kipp Stagg, 1965 (ST325)

8. Binghamton Birdie, 1964 (ST24)

9. Joe Campbell, 1965 (ST45)

10. Rufus Collins, 1964 (ST62)

Reel 10

1. Ethel Scull, 1964 (ST302)

2. Barbara Rose, 1964 (ST281)

3. Robin, 1965 (ST278)

4. Jane Holzer, 1964 (ST140)

5. Lou Reed, 1966 (ST263)

6. Edie Sedgwick, 1965 (ST308)

7. John Ashbery, 1966 (ST13)

8. Jonas Mekas, 1966 (ST211)

9. Ann Buchanan, 1964 (ST34)

10. Paul Morrissey, 1965 (ST226)

Reel 11

1. Kelly Edey, 1964 (ST89)

2. Walter Burn, 1964 (ST35)

3. Sophronus Mundy, 1964 (ST227)

4. Susan Sontag, 1964 (ST321)

5. Betty Lou, 1964 (ST23)

6. Denis Deegan, 1964 (ST73)

7. Rufus Collins, 1964 (ST61)

8. Ivy Nicholson, 1965 (ST234)

9. Donyale Luna, 1965 (ST195)

10. Edie Sedgwick, 1965 (ST305)

Reel 12

1. Bibbe Hansen, 1965 (ST128)

2. Jane Wilson, 1964 (ST352)

3. Bea Feitler, 1964 (ST98)

4. Nico, 1966 (ST238)

5. Paul Thek, 1964 (ST337)

6. Francesco Scavullo, 1966 (ST296)

7. Sheila Oldham, 1966 (ST247)

Reel 13

1. Dan Cassidy, 1965 (ST50)

2. Harry Smith, 1964 (ST314)

3. Larry Latreille, 1965 (ST191)

4. Taylor Mead, 1964 (ST210)

5. Rosalind Constable, 1964 (ST63)

6. Penelope Palmer, 1966 (ST255)

7. David Murray, 1965 (ST228)

8. Alan Marlowe/Diane di Prima, 1964

9. Susan Sontag, 1964 (ST319)

10. Denis Deegan, 1964

Reel 14

1. Boy, 1964 (ST31)

2. Billy Linich, 1964 (ST193)

3. Cliff Jarr, 1964 (ST166)

4. DeVerne Bookwalter, 1964 (ST27)

5. Allen Midgette, 1967 (ST217)

6. Ethel Scull, 1964 (ST301)

7. Ivan Karp, 1964 (ST171)

8. George Millaway, 1966 (ST218)

9. Sandra Hochman (Lips), 1964 (ST138)

10. Allen Ginsberg, 1966 (ST115)

Reel 15

1. Ivan Karp, 1964 (ST172)

2. George Millaway, 1966 (ST219)

3. Eric Andersen and Debbie Green, 1966 (ST7)

4. Andrew Sarris, 1964 (ST295)

5. Cliff Jarr, 1964 (ST168)

6. John Cale (Lips), 1966 (ST41)

7. Howard Kraushar, 1964 (ST186)

8. Walter Dainwood, 1964 (ST65)

9. Louis Martinez, 1966 (ST207)

10. David, 1966 (ST70)

Reel 16

1. Paul America, 1965 (ST4)

2. Susan Sontag, 1964 (ST324)

3. Lou Reed, 1966 (ST261)

4. Ruth Ford, 1964 (ST106)

5. Harold Stevenson, 1964 (ST328)

6. Henry Rago, 1965 (ST260)

7. Nico (Beer), 1966 (ST243)

8. Alan Solomon, 1964 (ST316)

9. Jack Smith, 1964 (ST315)

10. Ethel Scull, 1964 (ST303)

Reel 17

1. Ingrid Superstar, 1966 (ST333)

2. Guy, 1964 (ST124)

3. Susan Sontag, 1964 (ST320)

4. Isabel Eberstadt, 1964 (ST84)

5. Peter Goldthwaite, 1966 (ST119)

6. Robert Pincus-Witten, 1964 (ST258)

7. Louis Martinez, 1966 (ST206)

8. Ed Sanders, 1964 (ST293)

9. Henry Romney, 1964 (ST280)

10. Irving Blum, 1964 (ST26)

Reel 18

1. Nico (Hershey), 1966 (ST246)

2. Rosebud, 1964 (ST283)

3. Chip Monck, 1966 (ST221)

4. Susan Sontag, 1964 (ST322)

5. John Palmer, 1964 (ST254)

6. Richard Markowitz, 1964 (ST204)

7. Isabel Eberstadt, 1964 (ST87)

8. John Cale (Eye), 1966 (ST39)

9. Lou Reed (Hershey), 1966 (ST271)

10. Star of the Bed, 1965 (ST327)

Reel 19

1. Ronald Tavel, 1964 (ST336)

2. Susanna Campbell, 1966 (ST46)

3. Ed Hood, 1966 (ST151)

4. Taylor Mead, 1964 (ST209)

5. Archie, 1966 (ST9)

6. Susan Sontag, 1964 (ST323)

7. Philip and Gerard, 1964

8. James Claire, 1966 (ST54)

9. Ondine, 1966 (ST248)

10. Ruth Ford, 1964 (ST107)

Reel 20

1. Ruth Ford (Laugh), 1964 (ST108)

2. Jane Holzer, 1965 (ST148)

3. Nico, 1966 (ST236)

4. Peter Orlovsky, 1966 (ST250)

5. Lou Reed (Apple), 1966 (ST268)

6. Lou Reed (Coke), 1966 (ST269)

7. Debbie Caen and Gerard Malanga, 1965 (ST37)

8. Noboru Nakaya, 1964 (ST229)

9. Ingrid Superstar, 1965 (ST332)

10. Kelly Edey, 1964 (ST90)

Reel 21

1. Holly Solomon, 1964 (ST317)

2. Nico, 1966 (ST239)

3. Maureen Tucker, 1966 (ST344)

4. Jane Holzer, 1964 (ST145)

5. Roderick Clayton, 1966 (ST60)

6. Barbara Jannsen, 1966 (ST165)

7. Richard Rheem, 1966 (ST272)

8. Isabel Eberstadt, 1964 (ST86)

9. John Cale (Eye), 1966 (ST40)

10. Sarah Dalton, 1964 (ST69)

Reel 22

1. Randy Bourscheidt, 1966 (ST29)

2. Ed Sanders, 1964 (ST294)

3. Steve Holden, 1964 (Steve Holden Drunk)

4. Brooke Hayward, 1964 (ST133)

5. Dino, 1966 (ST77)

6. Zachary Scott, 1964 (ST298)

7. Susanna Campbell, 1966 (ST47)

8. Fred, 1964 (ST111)

9. Joe Brainard, 1965 (ST32)

10. Steve Garonsky, 1964 (ST112)

Reel 23

1. Sterling Morrison, 1966 (ST225)

2. Salvador Dalí, 1966 (ST67)

3. Cass Elliot, 1966 (ST92)

4. Ed Hood, 1965 (ST149)

5. Clarice Rivers, 1964 (ST277)

6. Jane Holzer (Toothbrush), 1964 (ST147)

7. Harry Fainlight, 1964 (ST97)

8. Kenneth Jay Lane, 1966 (ST190)

9. Piero Heliczer, 1965 (ST135)

10. King, 1964 (ST177)

Reel 24

1. Freddy Herko, 1964 (ST137)

2. Lucinda Childs, 1964 (ST52)

3. John Cale, 1966 (ST38)

4. Niki de Saint Phalle, 1964 (ST292)

5. Lou Reed (Eye), 1966 (ST265)

6. Lou Reed (Lips), 1966 (ST264)

7. Marcel Duchamp, 1966 (ST80)

8. Steve Stone, 1964 (ST330)

9. Grace Glueck, 1964 (ST118)

10. Lou Reed (Hershey), 1966 (ST270)

Reel 25

1. Beverly Grant (Hair), 1964 (ST123)

2. Chuck Wein, 1965 (ST350)

3. Peter Hujar, 1964 (ST159)

4. Ed Hood, 1966 (ST150)

5. Ivy Nicholson, 1964 (ST230)

6. Jane Holzer, 1964 (ST142)

7. Brooke Hayward, 1964 (ST132)

8. Sally Dennison, 1964 (ST76)

9. Susanne De Maria, 1964 (ST71)

10. Ann Buchanan, 1964 (ST33)

Reel 26

1. Isabel Eberstadt, 1964 (ST85)

2. Cass Elliot, 1966 (ST91)

3. Steve Stone, 1964 (ST331)

4. Arman, 1964 (ST12)

5. Richard Rheem, 1966 (ST274)

6. François de Menil, 1965 (ST212)

7. Nico (Hershey), 1966 (ST245)

8. John Palmer, 1964 (ST253)

9. Archie, 1966 (ST11)

10. Susan Bottomly, 1966 (ST28)

Reel 27

1. Alicia Purchon Clark, 1965 (ST56)

2. Ultra Violet, 1965 (ST347)

3. Sally Kirkland, 1964 (ST181)

4. Cathy James, 1965 (ST162)

5. Beverly Grant (Hair), 1964 (ST121)

6. Nico (Coke), 1966 (ST244)

7. Ultra Violet, 1965 (ST346)

8. Steve America, 1965 (ST5)

9. Henry Romney, 1964 (ST279)

10. John D. McDermott, 1965 (ST208)

Reel 28

1. Mary Woronov, 1966 (ST358)

2. Olga Klüver, 1964 (ST185)

3. Michael, n.d. (ST216)

4. Antoine, 1966 (ST8)

5. Karen, 1964 (ST170)

6. Richard Rheem, 1966 (ST275)

7. Olga Klüver, 1964 (ST184)

8. Ron Padgett, 1964 (ST251)

9. Gino Piserchio, 1965 (ST259)

10. Eric Andersen, 1965 (ST6)

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