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Andy Warhol
Wild Raspberries book; and Bodley Gallery announcement
- Estimate
- $30,000 - 40,000
$25,000
Lot Details
The complete set of 18 offset lithographs, 17 with hand-coloring, one is a double plate, on laid paper, the full sheets, bound (as issued), recipes by Suzie Frankfurt,with original fuchsia tissue overlays,
1959
book: 17 1/2 x 11 1/2 in (44.5 x 29.2 cm)
announcement: 6 3/4 x 5 3/4 in (17.1 x 14.6 cm)
announcement: 6 3/4 x 5 3/4 in (17.1 x 14.6 cm)
inscribed `to David Leigh', with title and artist's name in black ink by the artist's mother on a tissue overlay affixed to the inside cover, the colors bright, with original pink hand-colored paper-covered cardboard cover (soiling and scuffing, color attenuated irregularly, left edge near binding exposed), also with Bodley Gallery announcement comprised of offset lithograph with hand-coloring, on wove paper, the full sheet, creased along center vertically and horizontally, the book and announcement both in generally very good condition.
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Andy Warhol
American | B. 1928 D. 1987Andy Warhol was the leading exponent of the Pop Art movement in the U.S. in the 1960s. Following an early career as a commercial illustrator, Warhol achieved fame with his revolutionary series of silkscreened prints and paintings of familiar objects, such as Campbell's soup tins, and celebrities, such as Marilyn Monroe. Obsessed with popular culture, celebrity and advertising, Warhol created his slick, seemingly mass-produced images of everyday subject matter from his famed Factory studio in New York City. His use of mechanical methods of reproduction, notably the commercial technique of silk screening, wholly revolutionized art-making.Working as an artist, but also director and producer, Warhol produced a number of avant-garde films in addition to managing the experimental rock band The Velvet Underground and founding Interview magazine. A central figure in the New York art scene until his untimely death in 1987, Warhol was notably also a mentor to such artists as Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat.
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