ANDY WARHOL: SEVEN ILLUSTRATED BOOKS 1952–1959

Yes, you’ve learned about the Marilyn prints and the Campbell’s soup cans, but do you know about the pre-fame Warhol? Notoriously socially ambitious, he would cultivate clients and woo friendships with his artwork in 1950s New York. When he really wanted to make a good impression, he gave them a handmade book featuring his own unique drawings and quirky texts about everything from cats, food, and shoes to beautiful young men and women. Now the first seven books, five of which have never previously been published, have been packaged in a portfolio for the first time, providing further insight into Warhol’s boundless creativity and innuendolaced humour before he became the feted bad boy of the art world.