Andy Warhol's Index (Book)

[Andy Warhol]

The hardback edition (with the hologram cover) of Andy Warhol's scrapbook of images and texts, bursting with gimmicky inserts. The whole captures the inventiveness and irreverent humour of the Factory days and is a classic book from the Pop Art era. Present are the following inserts: (1) pop-up castle, (2) paper accordian, (3) pop-up bi-plane, (4) spring-mounted paper promotional disc for 'The Chelsea Girls', (5) string-mounted photographic polyhedron, (6) Velvet Underground flexi-disc (detached), (7) fold-out nose, (8) pop-up tomato paste can, (9) latex balloon (fused to paper as usual). A previous owner has followed the instructions to "tear out and place in a container of warm water" the tear-out tabs, therefore the tenth insert is not present.
 
[Roth. The Book of 101 Books. p.188-9; Parr & Badger. The Photobook Vol. 2. p.144-5; Auer. 802 Photo Books. p.468]



Andy Warhol. With the assistance of Stephen Shore, Paul Morrissey, Ondine, Nico, Christopher Cerf, Alan Rinzler, Gerald Harrison, Akihito Shirakawa and particularly David Paul. Photographs by Nat Finkelstein & Billy Name. Random House. New York. 1967. First edition. Hardback edition. Hardback, quarto; boards with black cloth spine with silver title, Brillo pad hologram image pasted to front board. [68 pages.] Illustrated throughout with b&w photos, inserts and folding plates. English. 285 x 220mm. 0.7kg. . Very good; missing only one of the ten inserts; boards bright and fresh, gutter splitting at one point, Velvet Undergraound flexi-disc detached, tear-out tabs insert removed, latex balloon fused to paper as usual causing wrinkling to sheets, all other inserts attached and in very good condition.