Andy Warhol's Index (Book)
- SIGNED Profusely illustrated from "Factory Fotos," with all pop-ups and inserted items, as issued. 1 vols. 4to
- New York: Random House, 1967
New York: Random House, 1967. First edition, number 26 of 355 copies signed by Warhol on the cover; the first fifty copies included a slipcase and Warhol's autograph initials on all ten pop-up segments. Profusely illustrated from "Factory Fotos," with all pop-ups and inserted items, as issued. 1 vols. 4to. Half cloth and paper covered boards with holographic cover. One mark on cover, which is signed, but very near fine in original publisher's slipcase in like condition, with original pieces of paper laid in to protect the water page. First edition, number 26 of 355 copies signed by Warhol on the cover; the first fifty copies included a slipcase and Warhol's autograph initials on all ten pop-up segments. Profusely illustrated from "Factory Fotos," with all pop-ups and inserted items, as issued. 1 vols. 4to. One of the most iconic photobooks ever printed.
Completed with the assistance of Factory regulars Stephen Shore, Paul Morrissey, Ondine, Nico, Christopher Cerf, Alan Rinzler, Gerald Harrison, Akihito Shirakawa and David Paul, with photographs by Nat Finklestein and Billy Name.
The special sections are all initialed by Warhol, as issued: 1) castle pop-up; 2) red accordion; 3) bi-plane pop-up; 4) Chelsea Girls disk on a spring; 5) polyhedron on the string (pages still sealed shut); 6) Lou Reed record; 7) the triple-page fold-out nose; 8) Hunt's Tomato Paste can pop-up; 9) Andy Warhol tabs; 10) balloon, melted and sealing together facing pages, as usual.
"Index (Book) is one of the important and exuberant Pop art objects ever published. From its holographic bubble-wrap cover to the various pop-ups and 'gifts'... it is also on of the most ultimate photobooks-as-objects. It is, in addition, the primary Factory photo album, one of the most authoritative biographies of Warhol" (Parr/Badger).
The finest copy we have handled. Roth 101, pp. 188-9; Parr/Badger II, pp. 144-5
Completed with the assistance of Factory regulars Stephen Shore, Paul Morrissey, Ondine, Nico, Christopher Cerf, Alan Rinzler, Gerald Harrison, Akihito Shirakawa and David Paul, with photographs by Nat Finklestein and Billy Name.
The special sections are all initialed by Warhol, as issued: 1) castle pop-up; 2) red accordion; 3) bi-plane pop-up; 4) Chelsea Girls disk on a spring; 5) polyhedron on the string (pages still sealed shut); 6) Lou Reed record; 7) the triple-page fold-out nose; 8) Hunt's Tomato Paste can pop-up; 9) Andy Warhol tabs; 10) balloon, melted and sealing together facing pages, as usual.
"Index (Book) is one of the important and exuberant Pop art objects ever published. From its holographic bubble-wrap cover to the various pop-ups and 'gifts'... it is also on of the most ultimate photobooks-as-objects. It is, in addition, the primary Factory photo album, one of the most authoritative biographies of Warhol" (Parr/Badger).
The finest copy we have handled. Roth 101, pp. 188-9; Parr/Badger II, pp. 144-5