He was part of New York's innermost celebrity circles from the 1960s onward and socialized with stars from Bill Murray to John Lennon. Warhol's friendship with Mick Jagger attracted particular attention. Warhol spent a great deal of time with Mick Jagger and his then-wife, Bianca. Their relationship, widely written about in Warhol biographies and articles, drew significant media attention and in many ways symbolizes the jet-set icons of the 1970s. When Jagger commissioned Warhol to design the Rolling Stones' legendary album Sticky Fingers in 1971, Warhol was given complete artistic freedom. The result was a close-up of Joe Dallesandro's jean-clad crotch. This image came to define the Rolling Stones' smoldering sex appeal and their willingness to push boundaries.

Mick Jagger and Andy Warhol continued their artistic collaboration, and four years later, in 1975, Warhol released a portfolio of 10 silkscreens based on personal photographs he had taken of his friend. The Mick Jagger images remain one of Warhol's most famous silkscreen series of celebrated public figures. Just as with the "Sticky Fingers" cover, the Mick Jagger suite captures the unforgettable personalities of two of the most famous and prolific artists of all time.