Andy Warhol: The Late Work [Hardcover]

Jean-Hubert Martin (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 2004

From 1972 until his death in 1987, Andy Warhol worked prodigiously on a variety of projects. Sublime examples of his work from this period are gathered in this elegantly designed collection which includes essays on the artist and interviews with him.

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• Hardcover: 420 pages
• Publisher: Prestel Publishing (April 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 3791330934
• ISBN-13: 978-3791330938
• Product Dimensions: 11.6 x 9.3 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,434,720 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful survey of Warhol's post-60s work, July 9, 2004

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This review is from: Andy Warhol: The Late Work (Hardcover)

This set--catalogue for an exhibition currently traveling through Europe--is a nice survey of Warhol's underrated later work, including material not covered in any of the big retrospective volumes. The first part covers (mostly) paintings and (a few) wallpaper designs, starting with the ubiquitous "Mao" series and ending with the "Last Supper" series. In between, we get some of Warhol's most beautiful and enigmatic work (including the "Hammer and Sickles", a range of self portraits, the fairly well-known "Shadow", "Oxidation" and "Camouflage" paintings, as well as lesser-known things like the truly wonderful "Yarn" paintings). This is an exhibition catalogue, and as such only includes a few paintings from each series--we'll have to wait for the final volumes of the Warhol Catalogue Raisonne for the full experience. The paintings are reproduced nicely, with folding plates for the larger work and sometimes closeup details. The second partcovers photography, books, video and movies, along with some samples from Warhol's "Interview" magazine. The photography section is especially fun, as it includes contact sheets from Warhol's continual documentation of the world around him, sometimes juxtaposed with appropriate excerpts from his diaries. The final part consists on interviews with Warhol and essays about him, the former fun, the latter a mixed bag.

The format of the set is sharp: three paperbound volumes (not four as the amazon.com description says) with contrasting spines (paper, cloth and glue) housed in a sturdy slipcase with a luscious closeup reproduction of one of Warhol's "Oxidation" paintings. The individual paperbacks seem rather flimsy, my only concern about this handsome set.