Pop art icon Andy Warhol once lived in this historic Carnegie Hill townhouse. Now you can too – for $22,550 a month.
And the house comes with quirky touches – like a front door handle made in part from one of Warhol’s former sticks and a kitchen floor splattered with green paint left over from the Warhol era, when the space, next to the garden , was used as the artist’s studio.
Warhol owned this property from 1960 to 1972. The Upper East Side art studio is, above all, where he created some of his most famous works such as portions of Campbell’s soup cans and signature portraits of Muhammad Ali, Marilyn Monroe, Elizabeth Taylor. and more.
“This is where he got his creative juices flowing and made art that funded the lifestyle he had for the rest of his life,” said listing broker Merav Shalhon of Essential New York Real Estate.
She added that Warhol lived with his mother in the townhouse and took care of her. In return, she took care of him and bought him the legendary cans of Campbell’s soup from a grocery store across the street. It is currently a Gristedes.
“It’s always been a grocery store in one form or another,” Shalhon added.
The 19th-century building, which dates to the 1880s, was designed by Henry J. Hardenbergh, whose iconic designs such as the Plaza Hotel, the Waldorf-Astoria and the Dakota helped shape New York City.
By the late 1960s, Warhol was renting out his Upper East Side digs and living downtown for a time in a historic East Village home owned by fellow filmmaker Paul Morrissey. That 20-foot-wide mansion, at 321 E. Sixth St., was built in 1853. It’s currently on the market for $5.99 million — down from the $6.1 million it asked for last May, as Gimme Shelter exclusively reported at the time.
The Upper East Side residence, at 1342 Lexington Ave., at the corner of East 89th Street, is part of the Hardenbergh/Rhinelander Historic District. After Warhol moved out, he rented the house to his business manager from 1974 to 2001. About 150 adorable cats from Warhol’s era still come from behind, Shalhon said, adding that the house is currently owned by a private family trust.
The four-bedroom, five-bathroom pre-war mansion is 3,072 square feet, recently renovated, and has modern interiors.
The parlor level opens to an entry foyer, a wood-paneled library, a formal living room and wood-burning fireplaces.
Additional bedrooms, two of which have wood-burning fireplaces, are on the upper levels. Four of them have en suite bathrooms and custom closets. There is also laundry on the top floor and in the basement.
The property is zoned residential/work and has two entrances. It could be a single-family residence or use its zoning to be an art gallery or doctor’s office — the possibilities are endless, Shalhon said.
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