Andy, John PALMER, and Jonas MEKAS. Flyer announcing the film premiere of Empire .

by WARHOL

£2,950 · Offered by Henry Sotheran Ltd

WARHOL, Andy, John PALMER, and Jonas MEKAS. Flyer announcing the film premiere of Empire . [ New York . 1965.] Print on paper (218 x 280 mm); fine. Original flyer, very rare, from City Hall Cinema announcing the world premiere of Andy Warhol’s Empire , signed in pencil on the verso by filmmaker Jonas Mekas. Shot by Mekas under the co-direction of Warhol and Palmer, Empire is an underground film consisting of eight hours and five minutes of slow-motion black-and-white footage of the Empire State Building. Filmed from dusk on 25 June 1964, until dawn the following morning, it stands as one of Warhol’s most radical cinematic experiments. The film premiered on 6 March 1965 at the City Hall Cinema in Manhattan. SKU: 2121483

• Binding: Hardcover

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