THE PHILOSOPHY OF ANDY WARHOL (FROM A TO B AND BACK AGAIN).

Warhol, Andy, 1928-1987.

ISBN 10: 0151890501 / ISBN 13: 9780151890507

Published by New York and London: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1975., 1975

About this Item

First printing (per publisher's requisite "First edition" statement along with letter line starting at "B" as was their contemporary practice) INITIALED BY THE AUTHOR. [14], 241 pages. Hardcover: H 21.75cm x L 14.25cm. Black dust jacket rubbed; slight nicking at spine and flap fold ends; bumping at head of front flap fold; dj now presented in a mylar Brodart protector. Reddish-orange cloth spine; light soiling along front joint; yellow boards with several small spots of soiling and top corners bumped. Light foxing to edges; red ink dot on bottom edge probably as publisher's remainder mark. Warhol's initials "AW" scrawled vertically in black marker at half-title bottom right corner. Interior pages are otherwise clean. Binding is firm. A very good copy in a very good dust jacket. ISBN 0151890501.

Seller Inventory # PXZP-12782

Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE PHILOSOPHY OF ANDY WARHOL (FROM A TO B AND BACK AGAIN).
• Publisher: New York and London: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1975.
• Publication Date: 1975
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0151890501
• ISBN 13: 9780151890507
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

A loosely formed autobiography by Andy Warhol, told with his trademark blend of irony and detachment

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In The Philosophy of Andy Warholâ which, with the subtitle "(From A to B and Back Again)," is less a memoir than a collection of riffs and reflectionsâ he talks about love, sex, food, beauty, fame, work, money, and success; about New York, America, and his childhood in McKeesport, Pennsylvania; about his good times and bad in New York, the explosion of his career in the sixties, and his life among celebrities.

From the Back Cover

Andy Warhol claimed that he loved being outside a party?so that he could get in. But more often than not, the party was at his own studio, the Factory, where celebrities?from Edie Sedgwick and Allen Ginsberg to the Rolling Stones and the Velvet Underground?gathered in an ongoing bash.

In The Philosophy of Andy Warhol the enigmatic Warhol makes the reader his confidant on love, sex, food, beauty, fame, work, money, success, and much more.

* Andy on love: "People should fall in love with their eyes closed. Just close your eyes. Don't look."

* Andy on beauty: "I really don't care that much about 'Beauties.' What I really like are Talkers."

* Andy on money: "It's always good to get abstract when it comes to economics."

* Andy on class: "The rich have many advantages over the poor, but the most important one, as far as I'm concerned, is knowing how to talk and eat at the same time."

* Andy on underwear: "I would rather watch somebody buy their underwear than read a book they wrote."

Andy Warhol (1928-1987), a painter and graphic artist, also produced a significant body of film work, including his famous Chelsea Girls. Equally well known in the late sixties and early seventies as resident host at his studio, the Factory, Warhol died in New York in 1987.