Andy Warhol's Index (Book)

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Andy Warhol's Index (Book)

Artist Andy Warhol (American, 1928-1987)

Publisher Random House, New York , 1967

Printer Graphics International, Inc., Japan

Date1967

DimensionsBook: H: 9 13/16 in. (250 mm); W: 8 3/8 in. (213 mm); Depth: 7/16 in. (11 mm).
Page: H: 9 13/16 in. (250 mm); W: 8 3/8 in. (213 mm).

MediumOriginal book object: includes photolithographs of photographs; collage/pop-up elements incorporating photolithographs of photographs, paintings, cut paper; a Velvet Underground phonograph record printed with a photograph of Lou Reed. Text: photolithography. Paper: cream wove paper and stiff cream wove paper.

ClassificationBooks

Credit LineGift of Molly and Walter Bareiss

Object number

1984.960

Not on View

Label TextThe contents of this book include "An Interview with Andy at the Balloon Forum" (a balloon is stuck in the volume), "Ingrid Superstar on the Factory," and half tones of photographs by Nat Finkelstein, Billy Name, and others. Deliberately non-precious, this Pop Art book was originally priced at a very affordable $4.95.Published Referencescf. Drucker, Johanna, The Century of Artists' Books, Granary Books, New York, 1995, p. 154

cf. Lauf, Cornelia and Clive Phillpot, Artist/Author: Contemporary Artists' Books, New York, 1998, no. 93.

Exhibition HistoryToledo Museum of Art, The Bareiss Collection of Illustrated Books from Toulouse-Lautrec to Kiefer, 1985, no. 82

Toledo Museum of Art, Splendid Pages: The Molly and Walter Bareiss Collection of Modern Illustrated Books, Feb. 14--May 11, 2003

Toledo Museum of Art, Pop Priints from the TMA Collection, July 7 - Oct. 8, 2006.