German Green Party

The German Green Party enters the account through a poster Andy Warhol was making for Joseph Beuys’s party. The diary records no party organization or political activity beyond this connection; instead, it captures the reaction the poster provoked within Warhol’s workplace.

The Poster and Its Political Meaning

In September 1980, Princess Holstein objected to Warhol making the poster. She described the party as socialist and considered his involvement a tragedy, arguing that he was making a political statement without understanding what it meant. Warhol was unsure how to respond.

A Workplace Dispute

Princess Holstein told Bob Colacello that the poster might make her unable to continue working for Warhol. Fred Hughes answered that the matter was none of her business. The exchange presents the party’s significance in this account as a point of friction: a poster commission brought political expression into the workplace and exposed disagreement over who could judge or control Warhol’s choices.