1951-1987
Rupert Jasen Smith was born in Palm Beach, Florida. He was Andy Warhol”s printer and an important collaborator with Warhol. In his later years, Smith an artist in his own right. Some critics say that without fellow artist Rupert Jasen Smith in the background, Warhol could never have produced and maintained production of the Factory commercial output. He also designed and printed uniquely colored silkscreen prints for the introduction to the portfolio of prints and writings by Keith Haring and William Burroughs entitled “Apocalypse,” published in 1988.