Andy Warhol Exhibition Announcement for Wild Raspberries
Announcement or invitation card designed by Andy Warhol for his exhibition "Wild Raspberries" held at New York's Bodley Gallery from December 1-December 24, 1959. Offset lithograph with hand coloring on wove paper, 6.75" x 5.75". Wild Raspberries was one of Warhol’s early artist’s books, a spoof on then-popular French cookbooks, written with socialite friend Suzie Frankfurt with recipes written in script by Warhol’s mother Julia. "In 1959, interior designer and bohemian hostess Suzie Frankfurt stumbled upon the work of the young Andy Warhol at Serendipity in New York City. Suzie was very taken with the 'magical watercolors' she saw and contacted Warhol. The two met for the first time at the fourth-floor walk-up that Warhol shared with his mother. Suzie and Andy decided to collaborate on a cookbook together. Andy did the illustrations and Suzie wrote the recipes, which were intended to be humorous and poke fun at their social circle who, for the most part, did not cook. They titled their book Wild Raspberries after the 1957 movie Wild Strawberries written and directed by Ingmar Bergman. Nineteen Warhol illustrations accompany the amusing recipes which were transcribed in calligraphy by Andy's mother. Andy and Suzie brought the completed pages down to the Lower East side where a group of rabbis bound them into books. The total number of completed books is not known but is said to be around 34. A few were sold, but most were given away to friends as Christmas gifts." The present announcement card is a scarce and early piece of Warhol ephemera. Gentle bumping to extremities, with creasing across the center and to bottom right corner of sheet. Partial toning to verso.
Announcement or invitation card designed by Andy Warhol for his exhibition "Wild Raspberries" held at New York's Bodley Gallery from December 1-December 24, 1959. Offset lithograph with hand coloring on wove paper, 6.75" x 5.75". Wild Raspberries was one of Warhol’s early artist’s books, a spoof on then-popular French cookbooks, written with socialite friend Suzie Frankfurt with recipes written in script by Warhol’s mother Julia. "In 1959, interior designer and bohemian hostess Suzie Frankfurt stumbled upon the work of the young Andy Warhol at Serendipity in New York City. Suzie was very taken with the 'magical watercolors' she saw and contacted Warhol. The two met for the first time at the fourth-floor walk-up that Warhol shared with his mother. Suzie and Andy decided to collaborate on a cookbook together. Andy did the illustrations and Suzie wrote the recipes, which were intended to be humorous and poke fun at their social circle who, for the most part, did not cook. They titled their book Wild Raspberries after the 1957 movie Wild Strawberries written and directed by Ingmar Bergman. Nineteen Warhol illustrations accompany the amusing recipes which were transcribed in calligraphy by Andy's mother. Andy and Suzie brought the completed pages down to the Lower East side where a group of rabbis bound them into books. The total number of completed books is not known but is said to be around 34. A few were sold, but most were given away to friends as Christmas gifts." The present announcement card is a scarce and early piece of Warhol ephemera. Gentle bumping to extremities, with creasing across the center and to bottom right corner of sheet. Partial toning to verso.
Announcement or invitation card designed by Andy Warhol for his exhibition "Wild Raspberries" held at New York's Bodley Gallery from December 1-December 24, 1959. Offset lithograph with hand coloring on wove paper, 6.75" x 5.75". Wild Raspberries was one of Warhol’s early artist’s books, a spoof on then-popular French cookbooks, written with socialite friend Suzie Frankfurt with recipes written in script by Warhol’s mother Julia. "In 1959, interior designer and bohemian hostess Suzie Frankfurt stumbled upon the work of the young Andy Warhol at Serendipity in New York City. Suzie was very taken with the 'magical watercolors' she saw and contacted Warhol. The two met for the first time at the fourth-floor walk-up that Warhol shared with his mother. Suzie and Andy decided to collaborate on a cookbook together. Andy did the illustrations and Suzie wrote the recipes, which were intended to be humorous and poke fun at their social circle who, for the most part, did not cook. They titled their book Wild Raspberries after the 1957 movie Wild Strawberries written and directed by Ingmar Bergman. Nineteen Warhol illustrations accompany the amusing recipes which were transcribed in calligraphy by Andy's mother. Andy and Suzie brought the completed pages down to the Lower East side where a group of rabbis bound them into books. The total number of completed books is not known but is said to be around 34. A few were sold, but most were given away to friends as Christmas gifts." The present announcement card is a scarce and early piece of Warhol ephemera. Gentle bumping to extremities, with creasing across the center and to bottom right corner of sheet. Partial toning to verso.
