Andy Warhol (1928-1987) is arguably the most iconic figure in
twentieth century art, an enigmatic personality who not only
altered the definition of art itself but also in his wake left a
vast and staggeringly complex record of his activities. Warhol's
archive consists not only of his artworks but also 1,500 cardboard
boxes, flat files, and trunks filled with source material,
memorabilia, correspondence, and junk mail. When the catalogue
raisonne is complete, it will constitute an indisputable record of
the artist's paintings, drawings, and sculptures -- some 15,000
works produced by the artist between 1948 and 1987, the year of his
death.
Volume I documents the artist's early paintings and sculpture
made between 1961 and 1963 and incorporates newly discovered works
as well as some previously thought to be lost. Included are not
only projected paintings influenced by popular advertisements,
comics and other printed ephemeral but also classic and much-prized
Warhols such as the Campbell Soup paintings, serial works
representing cultural icons Marilyn, Liz, Elvis, photobooth
portraits of Warhol's friends and idols as well as early
self-portraits. Accompanying the works and detailed catalogue
entries is an amazing array of source material -- from newspaper
scraps and movie star publicity stills to photographs of Warhol and
his consorts in his studio and at exhibitions.
In consultation with a team of experts, Georg Frei and Neil
Printz analyze Warhol's unique techniques and subject matter as
well as establish a strict chronology for his stylistic evolution.
Their text provides both a compelling overview and unparalleled
detail of an endlessly fascinating life and career.
The projectis co-sponsored by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the
Visual Arts in New York and Thomas Ammann Fine Art in Zurich.
The Andy Warhol Catalogue Raisonne is the result of more than 25
years of planning and research and will constitute the indisputably
definitive reference to Warhol's voluminous artistic production.
The editors and advisors of the catalogue raisonne established
rigorous standards of authenticity for Warhol's work, unequivocably
differentiated individual works within a series, and discovered
works that had been unknown or were thought to be lost. All of
their findings are documented in this unprecedented project.
The catalogue raisonne project was initiated in 1977 by Thomas
Ammann. The editors George Frei and Neil Printz began primary
research in 1993, advised by the distinguished curators and art
historians Kynaston McShine and Robert Rosenblum. Experts from the
Andy Warhol Foundation reviewed archival materials, personally
examined nearly each work of art, analyzed works in museums in
their conservation facilities and discussed them with conservators,
submitted works for review by the Andy Warhol Art Authentication
Board, and interviewed Warhol's assistants and colleagues to
assemble a customized database of works unparalleled inmWarhol
scholarship. Warhol's method of working in serial compositions,
silkscreen, and repeating units challenges traditional art
connoiseurship and begs the question not only of what is and what
is not Warhol, but which Warhol is it? For each work, the catalogue
answers, among other things, two central questions: When was it
made? and How was it executed?
Volumes in the series are organized on the basis of Warhol's
self-identification as apainter. Warhol began to produce his first
concentrated body of paintings in 1961 and continued in the same
studio on Lexington Avenue in New York until 1964, when he
established the Factory, his studio at 231 East Forty-seventh
Street. Volume I documents the work Warhol produced in his first
studio, from 1961 until 1963. (Subsequent volumes record separately
the earliest work in drawing from 1948 to 1961; work from 1964 to
1968, and the paintings and sculpture of the 1970s and the
1980s.)
Each volume of the catalogue raisonne will have a silk-screened
cover and gatefolds showcasing Warhol's serial work, and will
constitute a unique collectible object whose pop-art sensibility
complements the scholarly and curatorial insights contained within.
All works are reproduced in color, with 2-color text that makes it
easier for readers to find their way through the catalogue entries.
These list for each work the standard data (dimensions, date,
present owner, inscriptions and special notes), provenance,
exhibitions, and literature. Volumes are organized according to
catalogue number, with works reproduced in numerical order,
followed by the corresponding texts. Supplementary figures to the
texts illustrate primary materials Warhol appropriated for his
works -- newspaper articles and advertisements, soup cans,
publicity stills -- as well as photographs of the works in Warhol's
studio and in galleries. Volume I includes 14 appendices, essays
that briefly examine particular aspects of Warhol's work such as
his materials and his studio; notes to the catalogue texts; a title
index; and a comprehensive general index. Indexes cross-reference
works with their catalogue numbers and page numbers asthey appear
in the book.
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