The Andy Warhol Catalogue Raisonné Paintings and Sculpture 1961-1963

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• ISBN13: 9780714840864
• ISBN10: 0714840866
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-03-19
• Publisher: Phaidon Press

Summary

Andy Warhol (1928-1987) is one of the most iconic figures in 20th-century art,n enigmatic man who not only altered the definition of art but also in hisake left a vast and staggeringly complex record of his daily activities.his work is the definitive record of the artist's paintings, sculptures, andrawings: some 15,000 works produced by Warhol between 1948 and 1987. Alsoncluded is an array of rarely published source material such as newspapercraps and movie star publicity stills that inspired Warhol's life and career."The Andy Warhol Catalogue Raisonne" was initiated in 1977 by Thomas Ammann.he editors Georg Frei and Neil Printz began primary research in 1993 andave been advised throughout the project by the curators and art historiansynaston McShine and Robert Rosenblum. Experts from the Andy Warholoundation examined the vast majority of Warhol's works and began a thorougheview of his archive, which at his death consisted of 1500 cardboard boxes,lat files, and trunks filled with source material, memorabilia,orrespondence and junk mail.;The editors examined works in museums in their

Author Biography

Georg Frei is a curator, art critic, and editor who has been affiliated with Thomas Ammann Fine Art AG in Zurich since 1988. Previously he wrote art, dance, and theatre criticism for several Swiss newspapers and magazines. For the Thomas Ammann gallery he has organized more than a dozen exhibitions and edited the accompanying catalogues on such artists as Picasso, Cy Twombly, Max Beckmann, and Willem de Kooning. For the Fondation Beyeler in Basel, he was the guest curator of the exhibition 'Andy Warhol: Series and singles, 2000-2001'.

Neil Printz is an art historian with a focus on twentieth century American art. He is currently the editor of the Isamu Noguchi Catalogue Raisonné for the Isamu Noguchi Foundation in New York, and Professor of Art History at Caldwell College in Caldwell, New Jersey. From 1977 to 1983 he was the director of the Holly Solomon Gallery in New York. Dr. Printz has contributed and edited articles for several journals and museum publications, including The Menil Collection in Houston, Texas; the Rheinisches Landesmuseum in Bonn; the Stadel Museum in Frankfurt; and the St. Petersburg Foundation for Culture and Art. He was Research Curator at The Menil Collection from 1983 to 1991.