In 1980, Andy Warhol famously photographed Margaret Hamilton using his Polaroid Big Shot camera to create “The Witch,” one of the ten screenprints in his renowned 1981 Myths portfolio.
Instead of hiring a younger model, Warhol invited the 78-year-old Hamilton, who immortalized the Wicked Witch of the West in the 1939 classic The Wizard of Oz, to his studio, The Factory. Hamilton brought along her original costume from the 1939 film to reprise the legendary role more than 40 years later.
“I saw Margaret Hamilton, the witch in The Wizard of Oz, and got so excited and went over to her and told her how wonderful she was,” he said. “She does the Maxwell House commercials now. She’s really small.”
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