The bizarre and complex interpersonal correspondence that took place between Bob Dylan, Andy Warhol, and their mutual friend Edie Sedgwick is still somewhat shrouded in speculation decades later. Sedgwick, a model and actress, met Andy Warhol at a birthday party in 1965, as Vanity Fair reports. The pop artist became instantaneously infatuated with her, proclaiming her the grand embodiment of his creative vision. They became close friends off the bat, except there was something of a problem watching from the peripheral: Edie’s rumored boyfriend, Mr. Bob Dylan.
Apparently, Dylan didn’t have the same fondness for Warhol that his alleged paramour did, and despite his forebodings that the pop artist would eventually tire of her and cast her away like an old toy he no longer wished to play with, she hung in the balance between the two men as they scowled at one another from opposite corners of her life. However, the meet-up that took place at Warhol’s Factory in July of 1965 somehow still happened, and whereas an equilibrium of peace may have been established, Dylan regarded Warhol with distain. The iconic screen test still exists though, and it’s a remarkable thing to behold in hindsight (per Cultura Colectiva).
