Andy Warhol, the impossible collection (book)

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Andy Warhol, the impossible collection (book) by Eric Shiner. 2017. 168 pages, + 100 illustrations. Publisher Assouline. Limited edition handcrafted in a luxury clamshell case. Weight 20 lbs. Large format: W 15.35 x L 18.5 x D 2.6 inches. English edition. New luxury book. The Ultimate Collection.

Andy Warhol’s explosive Pop Art and his acerbic commentaries on advertising and celebrity culture are recognized and deeply relevant even decades after their creation. While Warhol himself may have been a polarizing figure both personally and professionally, there is no doubt that he was a pioneer of the Pop movement and today his works regularly fetch astronomical prices.

In this evocative addition, Warhol expert and former Andy Warhol Museum director Eric Shiner has selected the 100 unique and essential works that define the evolution of this illustrious artist, tracing Warhol’s dynamic career from the late 1940s to the late 1980s and creating a stunning compendium whose pieces, because of their rarity, value, and prestige in a museum or other collection, simply could not all be acquired by a single collector.

Casual art lovers will be familiar with the Campbell’s Soup Cans and the Marilyn diptych, but this book goes further, revealing and revisiting some of the less ubiquitous but equally powerful pieces—spanning paintings, prints, sculptures, films, and photographs—from Warhol’s astonishing oeuvre.

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