Warhol from the Sonnabend Collection w/ Slipcase Gagosian Rizzoli 2009

by Brenda Richardson, John Richardson

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First edition

Listed here is a RARE first edition of Warhol from the Sonnabend Collection, edited by Rose Dergan and Bob Monk, with contributions by John and Brenda Richardson (New York : Gagosian Gallery, 2009) Distributed by Rizzoli International Publications. Folio. Hardcover. Leatherette in decorative cardboard slipcase. 189pp. Illust. in color and b&w. Includes previously unpublished private letters and three tipped-in glassine envelopes containing facsimile reproductions of the original catalogues from three Warhol shows presented at Ileana Sonnabend’s Paris gallery in the 1960s. Now sold out/out of print. Warhol from the Sonnabend Collection is a slip-cased catalogue of paintings published on the occasion of the exhibition Warhol from the Sonnabend Collection at Gagosian Gallery in January-February 2009. The exhibition featured paintings, sculpture, and works on paper by Andy Warhol from the collection of Ileana Sonnabend, the renowned gallerist and collector who acquired seminal work directly from the artist’s studio at the time of its making. Sonnabend was an early and fervent supporter of Warhol, and held three important shows of his work at her Paris gallery, exhibiting the series Death and Disasters (1964), Flowers (1965), and Thirteen Most Wanted Men (1967). Fully illustrated with color plates and actual-size details, the catalogue reproduces more than fifty works together with archival photographs, letters, and source materials. It also includes insert facsimiles, with Englis

• Publisher: Gagosian Gallery
• Year: 2009
• ISBN: 9780847832774
• Condition: Very Good

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