Andy Warhol: Prints A Catalogue Raisonn 19621987

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This revised and expanded fourth edition of Andy Warhol Prints: A Catalogue Raisonne 1962-1987, with 1,700 illustrations and full documentation, presents the artist's complete graphic production, from his first unique works on paper in 1962 through his final published portfolio in 1987, including trial proof prints and unpublished prints. The fourth edition contains a new portrait section, featuring images of artists, entertainers, writers and sports figures, among others, with 125 illustrations, one hundred of which were not included in the earlier editions of this catalogue. Another highlight is a 33-page supplement covering the illustrated books and portfolios Warhol created in the 1950s, which documents techniques that reappear, in more developed forms, in his later prints. These innovative works of the 1950s, explored in a new essay by Donna De Salvo, represent the first phase in the process of Warhol's conceptualization of printmaking. Two other perceptive essays analyse Warhol's graphic work from different perspectives. In 'God is in the Details', De Salvo traces the evolution of Warhol's printmaking process from blotted line to silkscreen, revealing how Warhol dissected the mechanics of image production to create a truly original - and influential - art form. Arthur C. Danto, in 'Warhol and the Politics of Prints', examines the artist's work in relation to the political climate of the time. Andy Warhol Prints, richly illustrated with over 1,500 colour reproductions and descriptive technical data, is an authoritative reference source that establishes Warhol's prints as among the most distinctive graphic works of our time. By appropriating the silkscreen as a fine art medium, Andy Warhol discovered a way to be original and, in the process, forever altered printmaking in the late 20th century.

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Warhol had the tremendous gift of understanding which were the defining myths of a generation... . [His] political gift was his ability to make objective as art the defining images of the American consciousness--the images that expressed our desires, our fears, and what we... trusted and mistrusted.