Andy Warhol created digital art in 1985 and left it on obsolete floppy disks; 36 years later, 5 recovered works sold as NFTs for $3.38 million

American artist and filmmaker Andy Warhol created digital works on a Commodore Amiga computer in 1985. The files were saved on Amiga floppy disks and remained in The Andy Warhol Museum’s archives for nearly three decades before researchers recovered them in 2014. In 2021, five of the recovered digital works were offered as unique NFTs by Christie’s and sold for a combined $3,377,500.

Andy Warhol Created Digital Works on a Commodore Amiga in 1985

Warhol experimented with digital art on a Commodore Amiga computer in 1985. The experiments were part of a commission from Commodore International to demonstrate the graphic capabilities of the Amiga 1000, as per a Carnegie Mellon University report.

The works included images featuring Campbell’s soup cans, Botticelli’s Venus and self-portraits.