书名：Andy Warhol: Seven Illustrated Books 1952–1959 / 安迪·沃霍尔：七本插画书 1952–1959/Taschen XL系列
定价：640.0
ISBN：9783836592581
作者：Nina Schleif
版次：1
出版时间：2023-06

内容提要：

题 目：Andy Warhol: Seven Illustrated Books 1952–1959 / 安迪·沃霍尔：七本插画书 1952–1959 /Taschen XL系列

作 者：Nina Schleif

出 版：Taschen，2023

装 帧：精装，288页

尺 寸：25*34 cm

沃霍尔20世纪50年代经典插画书的独特再版。

上世纪五十年代的纽约，安迪·沃霍尔尚未成为举世闻名的艺术大师，却已是商业设计领域炙手可手的新锐。彼时他为拓展人脉精心创作了七本手工艺术家书，仅馈赠重要合作伙伴。这些充满私密绘稿与俏皮文字的珍本，淋漓尽致展现了艺术家对猫咪、美食、神话、鞋履、美少年与俏女郎的痴迷。

时隔数十载，当原版书稿在拍卖行屡创天价之际，TASCHEN出版社倾力推出巨型开本，将这七本手绘书精摹再造。从《爱是粉红蛋糕》到《二十五只叫山姆的猫》，再到《追寻失落的鞋》，这套系列既彰显沃霍尔荒诞不经的个性，又可见其精湛的绘画功底、天马行空的创意与暗藏机锋的幽默。

全书巧妙玩转多元创作形式：《A代表字母表》为每个字母配以插画与谐趣三行诗，讲述人与动物的奇妙邂逅；《花园幽深处》既是对童书形式的沃霍尔式解构，亦是对同志爱情的隐晦礼赞；《野莓》则以戏谑手法打造伪食谱，呈现琳琅满目的冒险菜式与插画。

本版特别为每册作品增补导读文章，辅以罕见历史照片、灵感素材与商业委托作品，全方位还原沃霍尔1950年代的艺术生态，既揭示其早期创作脉络，展现其迷人至深的顽童本色。

这些尘封已久的艺术瑰宝在沃霍尔王冠上始终闪耀着独特光芒，如今穿越时空翩然归来——其洋溢的灵光妙趣仍如1950年代黄金岁月时那般动人，让我们得以窥见一位即将震撼世界的天才，正站在传奇启程的黎明时分。

 

A unique reissue of Warhol’s classic 1950s illustrated books

In 1950s New York, before he became one of the most famous names of the 20th century, Andy Warhol was already a skilled and successful commercial artist. During this time, as part of his strategy to woo clients and forge friendships, he created seven handmade artist’s books, reserved to his most valued contacts. These featured personal, unique drawings and quirky texts revealing his fondness for—among other subjects—cats, food, myths, shoes, beautiful boys, and gorgeous girls.

Decades later, with originals now changing hands for thousands of dollars at auction, TASCHEN presents an XL-sized volume containing meticulous reprints of these seven books. With titles such as Love Is a Pink Cake, 25 Cats Named Sam, and à la Recherche du Shoe Perdu, the series reveals the artist’s off-the-wall character as well as his accomplished draftsmanship, boundless creativity, and innuendo-laced humor.

This book makes delightful play with styles and genres, including A Is for Alphabet, which devotes a page to each letter of the alphabet, with illustrations complemented by stumbling three-line verses that tell of strange encounters between man and animal. In the Bottom of My Garden is at once a Warhol twist on a children’s book and a covert celebration of gay love. Wild Raspberries, meanwhile, is a spoof cookbook with a cornucopia of adventurous recipes and illustrations.

This volume also includes introductions for each of Warhol’s illustrations. Complete with rarely seen photographs of the artist, inspirational ephemera, and commercial assignments, they contextualize Warhol’s 1950s art, offering a glimpse into his early creative process as well as his endearing, playful character.

Little-known, much-coveted jewels in the Warhol crown, these hand-drawn delights are as appealing and original today as they were back in the halcyon days of the 1950s and offer a unique glimpse at a budding genius on the cusp of global fame.