Andy Warhol, Children’s Illustrator
November 15, 2009
253. WARHOL, Andy (1928 – 1987) Best in Children’s Books Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1957-1959. Small 8vo. Volumes 5, 15, 27 and 33. Condition: dust jackets lightly worn with some minor chips.
Early in his career, the Pop Art icon Andy Warhol illustrated several volumes of the popular series Best in Children’s Books issued by the Doubleday Book Club between 1957 and 1961. But these light, childlike pictures are generally unknown to admirers of his famous pictures of Campbell’s Soup Cans and Marilyn Monroe. (4)
est. $500 – $600
While I knew Warhol had done commercial work (his shoes are fantastic) I don’t think I knew he’d done anything related to children’s books. So how fun to find this tidbit at that previously mentioned truly phenomenal auction.
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1. A Blog After My Own Inappropriate Heart « educating alice | November 16, 2009 at 1:01 pm
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Michael Patrick Hearn | November 18, 2009 at 12:41 pm
I would like to remind your readers that there is also ANDY WARHOL’S CHILDREN’S BOOK, a sort of Pop Art board book, that was published by Galerie Bruno Bischofberger in Zurich in 1983.