Andy Warhol’s cubicle at Carnegie Tech

At Carnegie Tech, Byrd’s senior painting cubicle had once been Andy Warhol’s — before Warhol became a household name.

Poster Child notes professors told Byrd he occupied Warhol’s former space.

Close-up head drawings in his cubicle work preview the Hendrix, Follies, and Godspell portrait language.

He also worked with a professor on seventeen crystal symmetry forms — later visible in Hendrix poster geometry.

Chapter placement: Poster Child · Carnegie Tech (Early 1960s). This internal article expands the timeline card so “Read full article” never dead-ends on a teaser.

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Sources used for this article: Poster Child ch. Carnegie Tech (p. 28).

For magazine and trade obituaries covering the full career arc and February 3, 2025 Albuquerque death, open the imported Press articles (Playbill, Deadline, Hollywood Reporter, Ultimate Classic Rock, Amsel tribute, NYT record).