Pre-Pop Warhol

by Jesse Kornbluth

Reveals a rarely seen side of the noted pop artist, detailing his work as a commercial artist, profiling his friends and his world in the 1940s and 1950s, and offering more than 125 illustrations of work from the pre-pop period

Genres: Art

224 pages, 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.