WARHOL

Andy Warhol (1928-1987), a giant of 20th century art, is known to the most people for its iconic images of soup cans, bottles of Coca-Cola and Marilyn Monroe. Before experiencing a meteoric rise In the early 1960s as a Pop Art superstar, Warhol was a very successful commercial artist in New York. The late Matt Wrbican, former chief archivist of the Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh, once said, "He remains very There are few stories to tell about Warhol, but textiles are one." This This book is the first devoted to commercial textile creations of this major figure in the history of art. Thanks to new photographs breathtaking, including never-before-seen images of newly discovered textiles, This book sheds new light on an important but hitherto little-known aspect documented Warhol's work. Featuring over 30 different textiles, sundaes From ice cream to acrobatic clowns, Warhol: The Textiles offers a unique testimony to the beginnings of one of the greatest artists of the twentieth century century. Published in association with the Fashion and Textile Museum.