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Andy Warhol treasures / Matt Wrbican, Geralyn Huxley.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : Goodman, 2009.Description: 125 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits (some color) ; 31 cm + 20 removable facsimile itemsISBN:
  • 9781847960047
  • 1847960049
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 709.2 22
LOC classification:
  • N6537 .W28 H89 2009
Summary: One of the world's best-known artists, Any Warhol (1928-87) exerts a powerful influence on contemporary art and culture around the world today. Packed with information about Warhol's prolific creativity, as well as his other cultural interests, Andy Warhol Treasures follows the arc of his life. It reveals Warhol's rags-to-riches progress from his early years in depression era Pittsburgh to his success as an illustrator in New York City in the 1950s and his transformation into a notorious pop artist, underground filmmaker, author, publisher, collector, recorder and iconic celebrity. Over 20 beautifully produced removable facsimile items sourced from his "time capsule" boxes now housed at the Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh give an unprecedented insight into Warhol's life and work in this unique, authoritative appreciation of this celebrated modern artist.
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Non-Fiction Non-Fiction Waimate Event Centre - Long term storage Non Fiction 709.2 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not For Loan Not for loan A00549611

One of the world's best-known artists, Any Warhol (1928-87) exerts a powerful influence on contemporary art and culture around the world today. Packed with information about Warhol's prolific creativity, as well as his other cultural interests, Andy Warhol Treasures follows the arc of his life. It reveals Warhol's rags-to-riches progress from his early years in depression era Pittsburgh to his success as an illustrator in New York City in the 1950s and his transformation into a notorious pop artist, underground filmmaker, author, publisher, collector, recorder and iconic celebrity. Over 20 beautifully produced removable facsimile items sourced from his "time capsule" boxes now housed at the Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh give an unprecedented insight into Warhol's life and work in this unique, authoritative appreciation of this celebrated modern artist.

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