We’ve often pondered if Andy Warhol’s origins are Slovak, Czech or Carpatho-Rusyn and we already know that regardless of his roots, that the Rolling Stones love hanging out with Czechs (especially Vaclav Havel). So today we’re sharing some lovely rare photographs of the Rolling Stones and Andy Warhol at his Montauk Church Estate in Long Island, 1975.
Set on 20 acres high above the Atlantic, the Church Estate was designed by Stanford White, a noted architect. The property consisted of 5 clapboard houses all built during the 1920s. The main house had 7 bedrooms, 5 baths, 4 stone fireplaces and large living areas were perfect for entertaining.
The 4 smaller cottages were guest accommodations. They agreed to the price and Andy Warhol and Paul Paul Morrissey (the director of many of Andy’s early Avant Garde films) each put in $225,000 and made (what would become) the best investment of Andy’s life.
Andy rented Mick and the boys the compound for a princely sum of $5,000 a month, and the Stones began rehearsals for what would become Black and Blue. As was then reported:
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