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Jan 14, 1966 - Andy Warhol, Edie Sedgwick (second from left), and the rock ’n’ roll group the Velvet Underground appeared last night at the New York Society for Clinical Psychiatry’s 43rd annual dinner at Delmonico’s Hotel, confronting the black-tied psychiatrists and their formally gowned wives with an unexpectedly bizarre spectacle

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The evening’s entertainment, “The Chic Mystique of Andy Warhol,” was described by a Warhol associate as “a kind of community action–underground–look-at-yourself–film project.” Until shortly before the event, neither Warhol’s group nor the psychiatry society was certain the performance would take place.

It did. Warhol arrived around 6:30 p.m. in sunglasses, black tie, dinner jacket, and corduroy work pants, accompanied by members of his “factory,” including Gerard Malanga (pictured with bullwhip), Dannie Williams, and Billy Linich.

Warhol’s films ran during cocktails, followed by a dinner performance by the Velvet Underground, as Warhol and his cameramen filmed the psychiatrists for a future movie.

Some psychiatrists said they came partly to study Warhol himself.

“Creativity and the artist have always held a fascination for the serious student of human behavior,” said Dr. Robert Campbell, “and we’re fascinated by the mass communications activities of Warhol and his group.”

Reaction was sharply divided.
“I suppose you could call this gathering a spontaneous eruption of the id,” said Dr. Alfred Lilienthal. Others were less amused. “Why are they exposing us to these nuts?” one psychiatrist asked. “But don’t quote me.”

The Velvet Underground’s performance, which Dr. Campbell called “a short-lived torture of cacophony,” prompted many guests to leave early.

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