WARHOL Andy [Andrew Warhola] (Pittsburgh 1928 - New York 1987)
Stockholm, Moderna Museet, [printing: Sydsvenska Dagbladets, Malmö], 1968, 27 × 21 cm., paperback, pp. [640].
Catalogue / artist’s book published on the occasion of the exhibition at Moderna Museet, Stockholm (February–March 1968), entirely illustrated with black-and-white reproductions of Warhol’s works (photographs by Rudolph Burckhardt, Eric Pollitzer and John D. Schiff), stills from his films, and photographs of artists and friends taken at Warhol’s Factory (photographs by Billy Name). Text consisting of 14 pages of Warhol quotes in English translated into Swedish. Color-illustrated cover reproducing Warhol’s Flowers. First edition. Some creases to the spine; some pages detached.
“Kasper König developed a radical grid that placed Warhol’s work in dialogue with conceptual artists such as On Kawara. Four groups of images brought together his artworks, his social and professional milieu, and outraged reviews from provincial American newspapers. Kasper König assembled the book on Leo Castelli’s Xerox machine, repeatedly photocopying images until the catalogue began to mirror Warhol’s own serial methods. Uncaptioned sequences by Billy Name and Stephen Shore transformed the Factory into two distinct visual narratives, reinforcing the book’s status as an autonomous multiple. Printed like a newspaper in 200,000 copies and sold for one dollar, it circulated far beyond museums before becoming a cult object and collector’s item.”
Bibliography: Anne Moeglin Delcroix, "Esthétique du livre d’artiste. Una introduction à l’art contemporain», Paris, Le Mot et Le Reste / Bibliothèque Nationale de France", 2011: pag. 53 con illustrazione; Andrew Roth - Philip E.Aarons - Claire Lehmann, «"Artists who make books", London Phaidon, 2017: pag. 167
WARHOL Andy [Andrew Warhola] (Pittsburgh 1928 - New York 1987)
Stockholm, Moderna Museet, [printing: Sydsvenska Dagbladets, Malmö], 1968, 27 × 21 cm., paperback, pp. [640].
Catalogue / artist’s book published on the occasion of the exhibition at Moderna Museet, Stockholm (February–March 1968), entirely illustrated with black-and-white reproductions of Warhol’s works (photographs by Rudolph Burckhardt, Eric Pollitzer and John D. Schiff), stills from his films, and photographs of artists and friends taken at Warhol’s Factory (photographs by Billy Name). Text consisting of 14 pages of Warhol quotes in English translated into Swedish. Color-illustrated cover reproducing Warhol’s Flowers. First edition. Some creases to the spine; some pages detached.
“Kasper König developed a radical grid that placed Warhol’s work in dialogue with conceptual artists such as On Kawara. Four groups of images brought together his artworks, his social and professional milieu, and outraged reviews from provincial American newspapers. Kasper König assembled the book on Leo Castelli’s Xerox machine, repeatedly photocopying images until the catalogue began to mirror Warhol’s own serial methods. Uncaptioned sequences by Billy Name and Stephen Shore transformed the Factory into two distinct visual narratives, reinforcing the book’s status as an autonomous multiple. Printed like a newspaper in 200,000 copies and sold for one dollar, it circulated far beyond museums before becoming a cult object and collector’s item.”
Bibliography: Anne Moeglin Delcroix, "Esthétique du livre d’artiste. Una introduction à l’art contemporain», Paris, Le Mot et Le Reste / Bibliothèque Nationale de France", 2011: pag. 53 con illustrazione; Andrew Roth - Philip E.Aarons - Claire Lehmann, «"Artists who make books", London Phaidon, 2017: pag. 167
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