Andy Warhol (Sonnabend 1964) - Catalog from his first European show

Description: Jean-Jacques Lebel, Alain Jouffroy and John Ashbery (authors) Harry Shunk - Jonos Kender (Photographs) Ileana Sonnabend (Editor) 1964 Non-painted (20 pages) Stapled 18 cm x 26.4 cm 6 illustrations in black and white and 1 folding illustration in black and blue “Blue Electric Chair” Catalogue of the Paris Exhibition. Warhol's first solo in Europe. Ileana Sonnabend was the ex-wife of New York art dealer Leo Castelli. They had divorced in 1959. It's interesting to note that Warhol had a solo show at Sonnabend's gallery more than six months prior to signing with her ex-husband and about eleven months before his first solo show at her ex-husband's gallery. Ileana had been getting consignments from Warhol since 1962. The first consignment was dated October 7, 1962 and consisted of twelve pieces: six paintings and six drawings. The paintings were Campbell's Soup Can (Tomato), Big Torn Campbell's Soup Can (Black Bean), Green Coca-Cola Bottles, Marilyn in Black and White, Twenty Marilyns and Four Marilyns.Three of the paintings were exhibited in a group show called "Pop Art Américain," at Sonnabend's Gallery in May 1963 which also included work by Lee Bontecou, John Chamberlain, Claes Oldenburg, James Rosenquist and Tom Wesselmann. The Warhol paintings shown in that exhibition were Big Torn Campbell's Soup Can (Black Bean), Marilyn in Black and White and Twenty Marilyns.

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Location: Jamaica, New York

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