Andy Warhol - Polaroids 1971-1986 - 1992

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This book presents a selection of instant pictures by famous American artist Andy Warhol (1928-1987).
From self-portraits to still lives, from anonymous nudes to New York high society, these polaroids offer a unique record of the artist's world.

Published in conjunction with exhibitions of photographs by Andy Warhol at "Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York" May 7 through June 13, 1992, at "Anthony d'Offay Gallery, London, September 1992 and at "Galerie Liliane&Michael Durrand-Dessert", Paris, November 21, 1992 through January 9, 1993.

Showing (beside himself) fantastic portraits of Mick Jagger, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Robert Rauschenberg, Dennis Hopper, John Lennon, Grace Jones, Debby Harry, Muhammad Ali, Liza Minelli, Henry Geldzahler, Farraw Fawcett, Edward Kenndy, Francesco Clemente, Joseph Beuys, Georgia O'Keeffe, Arnold Scharzenegger, Truman Capote, Pele and others.

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Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York. 1992. First edition, first printing.

Paperback (as issued). 230 x 280 mm. 112 pages. Design: Tina Davis. Printing: Tanagraphics. Photography: D. James Dee, Patricia Wallace. Edited by Vincent Fremont, Andy Grundberg. Text in English.

Condition:
Inside and outside fresh and clean with no marks and with no foxing. Very light trace of use and yellowing; no remarkable flaws or defects. Overall very fine condition.

Excellent Warhol book - in great condition.

"Andrew Warhol was an American artist and filmmaker. Widely regarded as the most important artist of the second half of the 20th century, Warhol's practice spanned various media, including painting, filmmaking, photography, publishing, and performance art. A leading figure in the Pop art movement, his work explores the relationship between advertising, consumerism, mass media, and celebrity culture. His embrace of mechanical reproduction challenged traditional boundaries between high and low culture. He is also credited with popularizing the expression \"15 minutes of fame.\"
Born to working-class Rusyn immigrant parents in Pittsburgh, Warhol began his career as a commercial artist in New York before transitioning to fine art. Among his best-known early silkscreen paintings are Campbell's Soup Can (1962), Marilyn Diptych (1962), and Coca-Cola (1962). In the mid-1960s, Warhol began devoting his attention to creating experimental films such as Blow Job (1964) and Empire (1965). He subsequently directed a number of underground films—including Chelsea Girls (1966), Four Stars (1967), and Blue Movie (1969)—featuring a shifting group of personalities known as Warhol superstars. His studio, the Factory, became a hub for avant-garde experimentation, bringing together drag queens, poets, bohemians, musicians, and wealthy patrons. Warhol also managed the influential rock band the Velvet Underground, who performed at his Exploding Plastic Inevitable (1966–67) multimedia events.
After Warhol survived an assassination attempt in 1968, the Factory evolved into a business enterprise. He founded Interview magazine, produced the play Pork (1971), and published various books such as The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (1975) and Popism (1980). He executed several series of paintings—notably Mao (1972–73), Athletes (1977), and Last Supper (1985–86)—and commissioned portraiture, while expanding into television with Andy Warhol's TV (1980–83) and Andy Warhol's Fifteen Minutes (1985–87). He meticulously documented his social life through photography and daily recordings, published posthumously as The Andy Warhol Diaries (1989). Warhol died of cardiac arrhythmia at the age of 58 following gallbladder surgery in 1987.
Warhol has been described as the "bellwether of the art market", with several of his works ranking among the most expensive paintings ever sold. In 2013, Silver Car Crash (Double Disaster) (1963) sold for $105 million. In 2022, Shot Sage Blue Marilyn (1964) sold for $195 million, the highest price ever paid at auction for a work by an American artist. Warhol has been the subject of numerous retrospective exhibitions, books, and documentary films. The Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh, which holds an extensive permanent collection of his art and archives, is the largest in the United States dedicated to a single artist."
(Wikipedia)