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A major new exhibition of works by Andy Warhol focuses on a four-year period pivotal to his development as an artist.

"This is a very focused exhibition, concentrating on the years from 1961 to 1964," explains Bernhard Burgi, director of Basel's Kunstmuseum.

"This period is fantastic - I think it is the heart of everything Andy Warhol did."

The key to the exhibition is the way it traces the pop artist's transition from a more traditional artistic approach to using subjects repeatedly, in the same canvas, and moving to a more mechanised production of his work.