While working as a commercial designer with high-art world ambitions, Warhol designed these folders as a promotional gift for one of his patrons, Vanity Fair , around 1955-56. A gold-stamped text on the inner corner explains the folders origins and slips in some signature Warhol self-promotion noting his "paintings are exhibited in many leading museums and commercial galleries." It was a grandiose claim that at the time of creation was still about a decade away from reality. Though history has proven it to be accurate foreshadowing. In addition to self-promotion, these folders showcase other key motifs in Warhol's oeuvre; stylized animals, pastels, patterns of figurative elements.