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RED BOOKS

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Andy Warhol Red Books is a coffee table book that's actually several books in one --- and a set that silences all competitors. These are copies of the Polaroids Andy took, neatly bound in red covers and bound with plastic spiral bindings --- 11 mini books in all with the twelfth (black) volume containing the pertinent names and dates of the photographs, plus an introduction by the internationally-renowned photographer Francois-Marie Banier. It is Banier who captures the allure of these instant photos best: "In his Polaroids, in those seemingly lacquered little pictures, I saw at once the cry of frantic and reckless youth, lost in a pseudo-civilized world. Each of these Polaroids goes one step further, telling us, from the land of Mickey Mouse: you are all Andy Warhol characters." From 1969 to 1975, celebrities (from Christopher Isherwood to Mick Jagger, Caroline Kennedy to Rudolph Nureyev, Rex Reed to Sylvia Miles), drag queens and assorted Warholian characters are captured crisply, realistically, and above all, affectionately. Owning the Red Books is (almost) like owning one of the more bizarre time capsules of the twentieth century.

these are fantastic there a personal glimps into andys world... its small books of his personal photos, there such a fun was to get inside his head.
but FYI there is some realy adult images so great for an adult but probably not for a younger child... but a great buy

ok, so, Im a huge andy warhol fan, biiiig time, so I own lots of books, this one, ahmm itsss amazing, its likee u can see a real part of his life, personal stuff, u can see what the 70's were all about, amazing, buy it!!

I bought this set for my 12 year old daughter who LOVES Andy. Needless to say, she got quite an education from these books. I think there needs to be a label or warning in the description that states there are some questionable images in this set. With that being said, I felt that I got an entirely new experience out these books than some of the other Warhol books. I decided to keep these for myself and will give them back to my daughter when she is a few years older.