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[Warhol, Andy]
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4,000 - 6,000 USD
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Nash, Ogden. The Wonderful World of Fleming-Joffe. New York: Fleming-Joffe Ltd., 1961
Folio (19 5/8 x 14 3/8 in.; 500 x 365 mm). Photo-lithographed title and 10 photo-lighographed illustrations by Warhol, 5 of the plates with leather appliqués; title somewhat browned, 1 1/2" tear in right margin of first two plates, offsetting from leather appliqués as usual. Stiff cardboard covers, original photo-lithographed design in colors on front cover, cloth-tape spine; some browning, some wear and creasing at head of spine, minor wear at foot of spine.
Folio (19 5/8 x 14 3/8 in.; 500 x 365 mm). Photo-lithographed title and 10 photo-lighographed illustrations by Warhol, 5 of the plates with leather appliqués; title somewhat browned, 1 1/2" tear in right margin of first two plates, offsetting from leather appliqués as usual. Stiff cardboard covers, original photo-lithographed design in colors on front cover, cloth-tape spine; some browning, some wear and creasing at head of spine, minor wear at foot of spine.
Catalogue Note
A Warhol coloring book, with a poem by Ogden Nash. The illustrations and the poem celebrate the beauty of the animals which Fleming-Joffe "tans into leathers." Nash's six-line poem ends, "... modern girls at serpents scoff / And buy their skins from Fleming-Joffe."