Wild Raspberries
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: N/A
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Minor wear on boards; small bumps on the top edge. Binding remains tight. Half-dj has light wear. Internally sound.
Before Andy Warhol became the undisputed king of Pop Art, he channelled his signature wit and irreverence into Wild Raspberries, a gloriously absurd parody cookbook co-created with his close friend and socialite Suzie Frankfurt. Originally produced as a limited-edition artist's book in 1959, this charming and subversive volume presents a collection of outrageously impractical recipes — think Salade de Alf Landon and Omelet Greta Garbo — each accompanied by Warhol's delicate, hand-blotted illustrations and Frankfurt's tongue-in-cheek culinary instructions, crafting a work that is as much a piece of conceptual art as it is a send-up of mid-century haute cuisine. Wild Raspberries stands as a fascinating artifact of Warhol's early creative life, illustrating the playful sensibility and celebrity obsession that would come to define his later, world-famous oeuvre. The collaboration between Warhol's whimsical draftsmanship and Frankfurt's arch humour produces a tone that is simultaneously sophisticated and gleefully silly, offering a rare, intimate glimpse into the artist's world before the Factory, the Soup Cans, and the superstardom. For collectors, art lovers, and the simply curious alike, this book is a delicious reminder that genius, at its core, never stops playing.
Author: Andy Warhol And Suzie Frankfurt
Format: Hardback
Published: 1997, Bulfinch Press / Little, Brown and Company
Genre: Cookery
Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: N/A
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Minor wear on boards; small bumps on the top edge. Binding remains tight. Half-dj has light wear. Internally sound.
Before Andy Warhol became the undisputed king of Pop Art, he channelled his signature wit and irreverence into Wild Raspberries, a gloriously absurd parody cookbook co-created with his close friend and socialite Suzie Frankfurt. Originally produced as a limited-edition artist's book in 1959, this charming and subversive volume presents a collection of outrageously impractical recipes — think Salade de Alf Landon and Omelet Greta Garbo — each accompanied by Warhol's delicate, hand-blotted illustrations and Frankfurt's tongue-in-cheek culinary instructions, crafting a work that is as much a piece of conceptual art as it is a send-up of mid-century haute cuisine. Wild Raspberries stands as a fascinating artifact of Warhol's early creative life, illustrating the playful sensibility and celebrity obsession that would come to define his later, world-famous oeuvre. The collaboration between Warhol's whimsical draftsmanship and Frankfurt's arch humour produces a tone that is simultaneously sophisticated and gleefully silly, offering a rare, intimate glimpse into the artist's world before the Factory, the Soup Cans, and the superstardom. For collectors, art lovers, and the simply curious alike, this book is a delicious reminder that genius, at its core, never stops playing.