The Utah Museum of Fine Arts is hosting a Warhol exhibit through Sunday, featuring nearly 100 of his extraordinary screen prints. The show also tells the story of the imposture, with photocopies of Chronicle articles from the time.

Amid the artworks are two reproductions of my photo, in a plastic-bound booklet on the reading table and on a large wall display that accompanies the exhibition. Cory visited the exhibit, and then I went with her on a second trip, and we found that these displays did not credit me, even though the Chronicle page they reproduce is the one that had my credit line.

Miffed, but feeling awfully petty, I contacted the museum. Rather than make any argument or disagree with me, rather than remind me of what a small matter it really was, the museum politely looked into my complaint.

Steve Wyatt, curator of exhibitions, later sent me an e-mail:

"I wanted you to know this was fixed several weeks ago. This was an oversight on my part as I inadvertently cropped the credit line when I was making copies using the library's microfilm machine. I also got a new copy of the article (complete with credit line) for the clipping book at the reader table.

"Please accept my apologies for this oversight."

That I do gratefully. The credit was given and is appreciated. It even led to Peter Rosen of KUTV-Ch. 2 including me in a report about the controversy.

After working for a TV station and several weekly papers in the East, and after more than 36 years with the Deseret News, I'm preparing to retire in April.

Somehow it's satisfying that a small adventure from the beginning of my journalism career has reappeared at the end.

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If you go . . .

What: "Andy Warhol's Dream America"
Where: Utah Museum of Fine Arts, University of Utah
When: Through Sunday, Jan. 6
Gallery hours: Tuesday-Friday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. (Monday, closed)
How much: $5 adults, $3 seniors and youth (ages 6-18), children under 5 are free
Phone: 581-7332
Web: www.umfa.utah.edu

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E-mail: bau@desnews.com