Andy Warhol
This is the companion book that accompanied the lithograph print "Still Life After the Party" offered as livres d’artiste from Interview magazine 1979. A New York auction house auctioned my print ten years ago but would not include the book. I was puzzled by their decision, quizzed them on it, but went ahead with the sale. Ten years later I offered the book to the same auction house and they declined unless I also included the print ! I pointed out this discrepancy and they apologized and countered by offering to auction the book but suggested I sell it on my own. Hence, I am offering it now. (I can document this with emails from the house in question. They are good people).
Andy Warhol's Exposures. Photographs by Andy Warhol. Text by Andy Warhol with Bob Colacello. Edition # 24/1000. New York: AW Books & Grossett & Dunlap, 1979. Deluxe edition signed and numbered in pencil by Andy Warhol on limited edition page. Black leather bound boards, gold stamped and embossed front cover, with gold gilt edging on pages, 9.5”x11.5”. Black silk book mark. There is no foxing on any of the pages. No bumps, cracks, or creases. Very good condition: Leather is clean, shiny, and supple**. Black and white photographs throughout. Provenance: Original Certificate of Authenticity insert card w/envelope and original letter of acknowledgment from Grossett & Dunlap. In original presentation/protector wrap in fair condition. Fun to behold and to read. Warhol and Colacello are street smart and sharp as tacks.
$2,100.00.
**Please Note: The only defect is a small scuff on the gold gilding on the cover (see photo). This is the only detriment on a very good condition book. Other examples ask up to $3,500.00.