Pre-Pop Warhol

by Jesse Kornbluth

Andy Warhol made a sizable reputation in fashion and commercial art with work of unique character before he became the Pope of Pop Art. This portrait reveals the emerging artist, and a very different, surprising persona from the Warhol of the '60s, '70s, and '80s. 125 illustrations.

Genres: Art

Hardcover

First published January 1, 1988

About the author

Jesse Kornbluth was an American magazine writer and author. His book Notes from the New Underground is an anthology of articles he compiled from counterculture newspapers. He also wrote Airborne, a biography of Michael Jordan, and Highly Confident: The Crime and Punishment of Michael Milkin. His articles appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Vanity Fair, and many other magazines. He was a graduate of Harvard University.

Reviews

[Melissa · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really enjoyed the thoughtful discussion on Warhol and his early work. The layout and art included were wonderfully produced and colored.

[Linda · Rating 4 out of 5]

a lively and loving retrospective of Andy Warhol's commercial and personal art from the days before he was Happening. Examples of his advertisements and book covers as well as images of his Christmas cards and gifts for friends fill the book. (Turns out Andy was a gifted and unique present-giver.) The book itself is bound in corrugated cardboard, a luscious little present itself.

[Tosh · Rating 4 out of 5]

Probably the best book that shows Warhol's art or I should say graphic arts in one volume. His early early work is very charmng. And he was known as the best show illustrator.

[Zoe · Rating 5 out of 5]

Beautiful color illustrated book of Andy Warhol's Graphic Design and Illustrated.
Collector's Edition.