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Warhol Gravely Wounded In Studio; Actress is Held

Woman Says She Shot Artist, Who Is Given a 50-50 Chance to Live

By Richard F. Shepard
Andy Warhol, the artist who brought a bewildering new dimension to American pop culture through his films, sculptures and paintings, was shot and critically wounded in his film studio yesterday afternoon. 

Less than four hours later a young actress, Valeria Solanis, who appeared in the Warhol film, "I, a Man," surrendered to a policeman in Times Square and told the police that she had shot Mr. Warhol. 

At 9:20 P.M., Dr. Massimo Bazzini, medical director of Columbus Hospital, said that Mr. Warhol's condition was "still critical" but that he had a 50-50 chance for survival. 

The artist, whose literal reproductions of Campbell Soup cans, typewriters and telephones and boxes of Brillo that sold for $1,300 each caused an art upheaval, was shot in his "Factory" on the sixth floor of the building at 33 Union Square West. 

Mario Amaya, a writer who was visiting Mr. Warhol, was shot in the back, but was less seriously wounded and later released from the hospital. 

At 8 P.M., Miss Solanis, the 28-year-old actress, walked up to Patrolman William Schemalix at 42d Street and Seventh Avenue and told him, "The police are looking for me and want me." The police said that she had admitted the shooting and said that Mr. Warhol had had "too much control of my life." 

She wore a trenchcoat, with a pistol in each side pocket. The police said a .32-caliber

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