Rupert Jasen Smith, American (1953-1989)

Rupert Jasen Smith was born in 1953 in Palm Beach, Florida.  Rupert Jasen Smith, aside from being Andy Warhol''s printer and an important collaborator with Warhol in his later years, was an artist in his own right. ome critics say that without Psaier and fellow artist Rupert Jasen Smith in the background, Warhol could never have produced and maintained production of the Factory commercial output but with both dignity and style both men chose not to take the limelight from Warhol.

He designed and printed uniquely colored silkscreen prints for the introduction to the portfolio of prints and writings by Keith Haring and William Burroughs entitled "Apocalypse," published in 1988.