" Andy Warhol : The Last Supper " Vintage 1998 First Edition Hardcover Pop Art Exhibition Book

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This " Andy Warhol : The Last Supper " rare vintage 1998 first edition hardcover Pop Art exhibition book is … more This " Andy Warhol : The Last Supper " rare vintage 1998 first edition hardcover Pop Art exhibition book is an incredibly special and unique book to add to your library collection.

The hardcover art book with cement gray linen covered boards, embossed cover and spine titles, and dust jacket is published by Cantz Verlag, edited by Carla Schultz Hoffman. Printed in Germany in 1998 on the occasion of the exhibition at Thre Bayerische Staatsgemaldesammlungen / Staatsgalerie Moderner Kunst, Munich. Authorized by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Inc., New York.

Andy Warhol ( 1928 - 1987 ) is one of the singularly most well known Contemporary artists of all time. His imagery is recognized worldwide. His infamous life, artworks, and creative endeavors are like no other artist. He is credited as the very first artist to use common everyday objects and view them in a completely different way while paying homage to their role in our society. Glorifying the common as the beautiful. His technique utilizing a silkscreen method, combined with hand finishing in a signature palette of vibrant color hues make the work stand on its own and loved by millions.

This beautifully produced volume presented to accompany the exciting exhibition reveals Warhol's reflection on one of the most reproduced paintings in the history of art - Leonardo Da Vinci's mural The Last Supper, 1495-97. Typical of Warhol's artistic work, in that it is not based on the original.

For his monumental series, which consists of about 100 individual works, he instead drew on reproductions, photographs, outline drawings, and plastic imitations available worldwide and in myriad variations as decorative pieces for home interiors or as private devotional pictures. With the aid of these materials, Warhol worked with his most important techniques, and testing new possibilities of defining objects with color. The result of The Last Supper Series summarizes the major questions of our time in an iconic pictorial idiom.

The rare out of print 1st edition hardcover exhibition art book measures 12" W X 11 1/4" H X 1" D, with 150 pages. It features 144 illustrations, including 37 in color and 3 multi-page fold outs. The volume is rounded out with several different compelling scholar essays, an artist biography and exhibition checklist.

It is in excellent " like new " clean vintage condition consistent with age, and very light signs of handling. Please see photos for condition reference. It is now being offered here for an excellent price. less