{{Short description|Andy Warhol and Jed Johnson's dog (1972-c. 1993)}} {{Infobox animal | name = Archie | species = ''Canis familiaris'' | gender = Male | breed = Dachshund | othername = | known_for = Andy Warhol's pet | birth_date = August 3, 1972 | death_date = c. 1993-1994 (aged 21) | namedafter = Archie Bunker | owners = Andy Warhol<br />Jed Johnson | image = Archie-by-Andy-Warhol-1973.jpg | caption = Archie by Andy Warhol, 1973 }}
'''Archie''', also known as '''Archie Bunker''', was a dachshund owned by Pop artist Andy Warhol and interior designer Jed Johnson. Acquired in 1972, Archie quickly became a prominent companion in the artist's public and private life. Archie often accompanied Warhol to interviews, dinner parties, and trips to Europe, and even appeared in several of his photographs and artworks. Known for blurring the line between pet and artistic persona, Archie was a socialite and an extension of Warhol's carefully constructed public image. A few years after they welcomed Archie, Warhol and Johnson got him a playmate, another dachshund named Amos.
== Biography == [[File:Andy-Warhol-Jed-Johnson-Archie- 1973.jpg|thumb|Archie with Andy Warhol and Jed Johnson at the port of Amalfi, 1973]] After years of being known for his love of cats—he once had as many as 26—Andy Warhol was eventually persuaded by his partner, Jed Johnson, that they should get a dog.<ref name=":11">{{Cite book |last1=Wrbican |first1=Matt |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fBupDwAAQBAJ&dq=warhol+archie+amos+jed+family&pg=PA41 |title=A is for Archive: Warhol's World from A to Z |last2=Gopnik |first2=Blake |last3=Printz |first3=Neil |date=2019-01-01 |publisher=Yale University Press |isbn=978-0-300-23344-5 |pages=41 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=1976-06-29 |title=Cats of Many Colours |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/evening-standard-andy-warhol-cats-and-do/161326439/ |access-date=2025-09-01 |work=Evening Standard |pages=14}}</ref> Johnson settled on a male black and tan short-haired dachshund puppy, which they acquired in November 1972.<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |title=Business envelope with dog license and veterinary invoice (for Andy Warhol's dachshund, Archie) 1972 |url=https://warhol.netx.net/portals/warhol-exhibitions/#asset/102658 |website=The Warhol}}</ref> He was named Archie after the wisecracking character Archie Bunker in the popular TV series ''All in the Family''.<ref name=":2" />{{Sfn|Colacello|1990|p=144}}
Warhol and Johnson doted on Archie.<ref name=":4" /> Warhol fed him Quarter Pounders from McDonald's, steak, sautéed liver, caviar, and rubbed Joy perfume on him.{{Sfn|Colacello|1990|p=159}}<ref name=":10">{{Cite journal |last=Colacello |first=Robert |date=January 1974 |title=The Liz and Andy Show |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_vogue_1974-01_163_1/mode/2up?q=warhol+archie+dachshund |journal=Vogue |volume=163 |issue=1 |pages=101, 133}}</ref><ref name=":13">{{Cite news |last=Woods |first=Brenda |date=1976-07-20 |title=Chow Hounds |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-chow-hounds/172749102/ |access-date=2025-06-06 |work=Daily News |pages=33}}</ref> Archie wore a Tiffany's dog tag and a Hermès leash.<ref name=":9">{{Cite book |last=Winters |first=Renee M. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=B6DwCQAAQBAJ&q=hermes |title=The Hoarding Impulse: Suffocation of the Soul |date=2015-06-19 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-317-54963-5 |pages=90 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":10" /> He was always carried about by Warhol, who urged him to talk.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1987-11-17 |title=Andy Warhol wanted dachshund to talk |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/st-joseph-gazette-andy-warhol-wanted-da/187935975/ |access-date=2026-01-01 |work=St. Joseph Gazette |pages=8A}}</ref>{{Sfn|Colacello|1990|p=7}}<ref name=":2" /> Archie accompanied Warhol to his studio, art openings, restaurants, and dinner parties.<ref name=":1" />{{Sfn|Colacello|1990|p=150}} Warhol would also bring him to press conferences as his "alter ego" and "would deflect questions to [Archie] that he did not want to answer."<ref name=":1" />
In the Spring of 1973, Warhol and Archie traveled to Rome, where Johnson was working with director Paul Morrissey on the films ''Flesh for Frankenstein'' (1973) and ''Blood for Dracula'' (1974) at Cinecittà Studios.{{Sfn|Colacello|1990|p=145}} They also visited France and Switzerland.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Certificate of examination (for Andy Warhol's dachshund, Archie, March 2, 1973) 1973 |url=https://warhol.netx.net/portals/warhol-exhibitions/#asset/102660 |website=The Warhol}}</ref> Warhol brought Archie to Rome when he filmed his scenes in the film ''The Driver's Seat'' (1974) in August 1973 and October 1973.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Suzy |date=October 9, 1973 |title=Suzy Says: A Dashing Dachshund |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-andy-warhol-and-arche-travel/153443211/ |work=Daily News |location=New York |pages=12}}</ref>{{Sfn|Colacello|1990|p=159}} By the age of 1, Archie had reportedly crossed the Atlantic at least 10 times.<ref name=":10" />
Archie gained fame as Warhol's companion and was frequently recognized on the street.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |date=November 1989 |title=Andy-isms: Highlights from a decade of interviews by Andy Warhol |journal=Interview |volume=19 |issue=11 |pages=90}}</ref> As a result, he commanded a high modeling fee.<ref name=":2" /> Archie often accompanied Warhol to photoshoots, with Warhol describing himself as a self-proclaimed stage mother.<ref name=":2" /> They posed for various renowned photographers, including Jack Mitchell, Arnold Newman, Oliviero Toscani, and Milton H. Greene.<ref name=":15">{{Cite book |last=Mitchell |first=Jack |url=http://archive.org/details/iconsidols0000mitc |title=Icons & Idols: A Photographer's Chronicle of the Arts, 1960-1995 |date=1998 |publisher=Amphoto Art |others= |isbn=978-0-8174-4025-1 |location=New York |pages=66}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Bianchi |first=Stefano |date=2021-10-09 |title=Oliviero Toscani – Photographs of Andy Warhol |url=https://www.coolmag.it/oliviero-toscani-photographs-of-andy-warhol/ |access-date=2025-12-31 |website=COOLMag |language=it-IT}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Andy Warhol (AW-03) |url=https://miltonhgreene.com/product/andy-warhol-aw-03/ |access-date=2025-12-31 |website=Milton H. Greene |language=en-US}}</ref> They were featured in numerous publications such as the ''New York Daily News'', the ''New York Post'', the Associated Press, ''L'Uomo Vogue'', and ''Esquire''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Group Portrait with Accountant {{!}} Esquire {{!}} NOVEMBER 1974 |url=https://classic.esquire.com/article/1974/11/1/group-portrait-with-accountant |access-date=2024-12-20 |website=Esquire {{!}} The Complete Archive |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite news |last=Kazickas |first=Jurate |date=1975-09-03 |title=Celebrity Chasing Warhol's Bag |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-olympian-andy-warhol-interview/162392715/ |access-date=2025-01-06 |work=The Olympian |pages=B7}}</ref> Archie also appeared with Warhol in a Pioneer Electronics advertisement.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1974-12-20 |title=Pioneer - Andy Warhol's unfinished symphony. |url=https://adland.tv/pioneer-andy-warhols-unfinished-symphony-printad-1973 |access-date=2024-12-20 |website=adland.tv |language=en}}</ref>[[File:Andy Warhol by Jack Mitchell.jpg|thumb|Warhol and Archie by Jack Mitchell at the home of art collectors Ethel and Robert Scull in New York, 1973<ref name=":15" />|left]]
By 1975, Warhol and Johnson had expanded their family by purchasing a light brown short-haired dachshund puppy that they named Amos. Amos and Archie were both Prestige Pets.<ref name=":5" /> Warhol often referred to Amos as Archie's dog.<ref name=":5" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite journal |last=Warhol |first=Andy |date=October 1975 |title=David Cassidy |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_interview_1975-10_5_10/page/10/mode/2up?q=archie+bunker |journal=Andy Warhol's Interview |volume=5 |issue=10 |pages=10, 12}}</ref><ref name=":6">{{Cite news |last=Isenberg |first=Barbara |date=1977-02-24 |title=Andy Warhol Busy Being ... Andy Warhol |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-andy-warhol-and-ru/157195803/ |access-date=2025-02-08 |work=The Los Angeles Times |pages=lV}}</ref> He told socialite Lee Radziwill in the March 1975 issue of ''Interview'' magazine that he got Amos as a Christmas present for Archie.<ref name=":5" /> He also revealed that Archie had recently mated with a female dachshund Prestige Pet at the pet store and was "going to be a father."<ref name=":5">{{Cite journal |last=Warhol |first=Andy |date=March 1975 |title=Lee |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_interview_1975-03_5_3/page/n5/mode/2up?q=archie |journal=Andy Warhol's Interview |volume=5 |issue=3 |pages=5}}</ref> "I took him over and he did his manly duty, and then the next day I brought Amos home, so that confused him, he thinks he got very quick results," Warhol said.<ref name=":5" /> "Unlike Archie who enjoyed the company of people and was very social, Amos was more like a regular dog," said Vincent Fremont, a member of Warhol's inner circle.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Woodward |first=Daisy |date=2013-08-06 |title=Andy Warhol's Cats and Dogs |url=https://www.anothermag.com/design-living/2913/andy-warhols-cats-and-dogs |access-date=2024-12-20 |website=AnOther |language=en}}</ref> Amos was photographed with Johnson and Warhol superstar Geraldine Smith for the February 1976 issue of ''Interview'' magazine.<ref>{{Cite journal |date=February 1976 |title=KissKissKissKissKiss |journal=Andy Warhol's Interview |volume=6 |issue=2 |pages=25}}</ref>
Archie has been depicted in several paintings. Warhol painted a silkscreen portrait of Archie and Johnson.<ref name=":7">{{Cite book |last=Wrbican |first=Matt |url=http://archive.org/details/andywarholtreasu0000wrbi |title=Andy Warhol Treasures |date=2009 |publisher=Goodman |isbn=978-1-84796-004-7 |location=London |pages=77}}</ref> He was painted by Jamie Wyeth, and Warhol did a portrait of Amos for Archie.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Schwabach |first=Robert |date=1976-11-27 |title=Andy Warhol, Jamie Wyeth portray each other |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-philadelphia-inquirer-andy-warhol-an/164957562/ |access-date=2025-02-08 |work=The Philadelphia Inquirer |pages=1}}</ref><ref name=":6" /> In 1977, Warhol told Barbara Isenberg of the ''Los Angeles Times'', "Archie has a really good beginning (art) collection."<ref name=":6" /> [[File:57 E66 St Warhol home jeh.jpg|thumb|407x407px|From 1974 to 1987, Archie lived at 57 E 66th St in the Lenox Hill neighborhood of Manhattan. In 1998, the townhouse was designated a cultural landmark.]]Eventually, Warhol stopped taking Archie to events, confident that he would be entertained at home with Amos.<ref name=":1" /> They lived at 57 East 66th Street on Manhattan's Upper East Side, where Johnson ran his decorating business from the fourth floor.<ref name=":3">{{Cite news |last=Pyle |first=Richard |date=1998-08-06 |title=Lasting Fame for Warhol Home |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-news-tribune-andy-warhols-home-desi/146205174/ |access-date=2024-04-28 |work=The News Tribune |pages=2}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Nevins |first=Jake |date=2023-05-10 |title=Jay Johnson Remembers the Quiet Luxury and Kindness of His Brother Jed |url=https://www.interviewmagazine.com/art/jay-johnson-remembers-the-quiet-luxury-and-kindness-of-his-brother-jed |access-date=2024-12-20 |website=Interview Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref> Archie and Amos regularly rode the elevator in the townhouse.<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":3" /> Warhol had amassed a large collection of antique furniture for the home, which Johnson decorated.<ref name=":14">{{Cite book |last=Heyert |first=Elizabeth |url=http://archive.org/details/metropolitanplac0000heye |title=Metropolitan Places: Interiors from New York, Barcelona, Milan, Mexico City, Paris, West Berlin, London, Los Angeles |date=1989 |publisher=Viking Studio Books |others=Internet Archive |isbn=978-0-670-81743-6 |location=New York, NY |pages=32-41}}</ref> He also used a miniature 19th-century doll bed as a bed for the dogs, who had an extensive toy collection.<ref name=":14" /> On August 3, 1980, Warhol told his diary: "It was Archie's birthday and he's eight or nine or even older. I gave him a box of Hartz Mountain treats."{{Sfn|Warhol|Hackett|1989|p=309|ps= Entry date: August 3, 1980}} When Johnson moved out of Warhol's townhouse in December 1980, the two shared custody of Archie and Amos.{{Sfn|Warhol|Hackett|1989|p=350|ps= Entry date: December 21, 1980}} Johnson would take them for the weekend to his apartment on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.{{Sfn|Warhol|Hackett|1989|p=700|ps= Entry date: December 15, 1985}} In a December 1986 diary entry, Warhol said: <blockquote>Archie and Amos were sick last night. Jed picked them up and took them to the doctor's. Ran into him later, he was with Katy Jones, and he was talking about what was wrong with the dogs. They're just really getting old. I told Jed I'd give him one of the Dog paintings. Life's so short and a dog's life is even shorter—they'll both be going to heaven soon.{{Sfn|Warhol|Hackett|1989|p=780|ps= Entry date: December 5, 1986}}</blockquote>Archie and Amos ultimately outlived Warhol, who died following gallbladder surgery in February 1987.<ref>{{Cite news |last=McGill |first=Douglas C. |date=February 23, 1987 |title=Andy Warhol; Pop Artist, Dies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/02/23/obituaries/andy-warhol-pop-artist-dies.html |work=The New York Times}}</ref> Johnson assumed full custody of both dogs, and Archie later appeared with him in the June 1992 issue of ''Harper's Bazaar''.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Petkanas |first=Christopher |date=June 1992 |title=Poetic License |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_harpers-bazaar_1992-06_3366/page/120/mode/2up?q=jed+johnson |magazine=Harper's Bazaar |issue=3366 |pages=121}}</ref><ref name=":12" /> According to Warhol's friend Paige Powell, Archie and Amos "lived to be about 21 years old."<ref name=":12">{{Cite book |last1=Powell |first1=Paige |url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/on1117498195 |title=Paige Powell |last2=Hastreiter |first2=Kim |date=2019 |publisher=Dashwood Books |isbn=978-0-9966574-5-7 |volume=Animals |location=New York |pages=122 |oclc=on1117498195}}</ref>
== In pop culture == Andy Warhol painted a silkscreen portrait of Archie and Jed Johnson in the 1970s.<ref name=":7" />
In 1974, artist Martin Hoffman painted a portrait of Archie and Warhol at the Factory.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ashley |first=Skyler |date=2018-01-18 |title=Invading Andy Warhol's personal space |url=https://www.lansingcitypulse.com/stories/invading-andy-warholrsquos-personal-space,1314 |access-date=2024-12-20 |website=City Pulse |language=en}}</ref>
In 1975, socialite Barbara Allen commissioned the painting ''Portrait of Archibald'' by Paula Wright for Warhol and Johnson as a Christmas gift.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Paula Wright, Portrait of Archibald (1975) |url=https://warhol.netx.net/portals/warhol-exhibitions/#asset/102667 |access-date=2025-12-24 |website=The Warhol}}</ref>
Archie and Warhol were photographed by Ellen Graham for her book ''Growling Gourmet'' (1976).<ref name=":13" />
Drawings and paintings of Archie and Amos appeared in Warhol's ''Cats and Dogs'' (1976) series.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Bonetti |first=David |date=2006-03-09 |title=Andy Warhol Man's Best Friend exhibition |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/st-louis-post-dispatch-andy-warhol-man/161198438/ |access-date=2026-01-01 |work=St. Louis Post-Dispatch |pages=G004}}</ref>
Archie was depicted in paintings and drawings by artist Jamie Wyeth in the exhibition "Andy Warhol and Jamie Wyeth Portraits of Each Other" at New York's Coe Kerr Gallery in 1976.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Russ |first=Eric |date=2019-11-04 |title=Jamie Wyeth's Portrait of Andy Warhol Captures the Artist at His Most Vulnerable |url=https://www.sothebys.com/en/articles/jamie-wyeths-portrait-of-andy-warhol-captures-the-artist-at-his-most-vulnerable |access-date=2024-12-21 |website=Sothebys.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Kramer |first=Hilton |date=1976-06-04 |title=Art: Warhol Meets Wyeth |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1976/06/04/archives/art-warhol-meets-wyeth.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240409071914/https://www.nytimes.com/1976/06/04/archives/art-warhol-meets-wyeth.html |archive-date=2024-04-09 |access-date=2024-12-21 |work=The New York Times |language=en}}</ref>
A photograph of Archie dressed as the Pope was published in Warhol's 1979 book ''Exposures''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Adler |first=Jerry |date=November 25, 1979 |title=Andy Warhol Exposed |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-andy-warhol-exposed/148567322/ |work=Daily News Sunday News Magazine |location=New York |pages=2}}</ref>
A photograph of Archie taken by Peter Hujar in 1975 was published in the book ''Black and White Dogs'' (1992) by Jean-Claude Suarès.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Suarès |first=Jean-Claude |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OEeWnWaSBOMC&q=peter+hujar+archie+warhol+black+white+1992 |title=Black and White Dogs |date=1992 |publisher=Collins Publishers San Francisco |isbn=978-0-00-255081-9 |pages=12 |language=en}}</ref>
In 2006, the exhibition ''Icons & Idols'' at the Delaware Art Museum included Jack Mitchell's 1973 photo of Warhol and Archie.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2006-08-11 |title=Famous faces |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-philadelphia-inquirer-famous-faces/187905337/ |access-date=2026-01-01 |work=The Philadelphia Inquirer |pages=W26}}</ref>
In 2022, a mixed media image by Warhol titled "Archie, the Dachshund" was included in the exhibition ''A Thousand Hounds: A Walk with Dogs Through the History of Photography'' at the UBS Paine Webber Art Gallery in New York.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Strauber |first=Alan |date=March 14, 2002 |title=Show Pays Homage to Canine Mystique |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/poughkeepsie-journal-a-thousand-hounds-e/161222460/ |work=Poughkeepsie Journal |pages=1D}}</ref>
==See also== * List of individual dogs
== Bibliography == * {{Cite book |last=Colacello |first=Bob |title=Holy Terror: Andy Warhol Up Close |publisher=HarperCollins |year=1990 |isbn=978-0-06-016419-5}} * {{cite book |last1=Warhol |first1=Andy |url=https://archive.org/details/andywarholdiarie00warh |title=The Andy Warhol Diaries |last2=Hackett |first2=Pat |publisher=Warner Books |year=1989 |isbn=978-0-446-51426-2 |location=New York |url-access=registration}}
== References == {{Reflist}}
{{Andy Warhol}}
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