An exceedingly rare issue of Blockprint, the Rhode Island School of Design student-edited magazine, dated April 10, 1967. This issue chronicles the March 31-April 1 Exploding Plastic Inevitable performance at RISD and includes photographs of the Velvet Underground and Andy Warhol. This copy came from the archives of former RISD student and Blockprint editor-in-chief Ronn […]
A beautiful limited-edition, signed and numbered serigraph (fine-art silkscreen print) by Billy Name, the photographer for Andy Warhol’s Factory. This print, titled Regency Cinema Chelsea Girls Marquee, 1966, measures 19″ x 14″, and is hand numbered in pencil 5/40 and signed by Billy Name. This hand pulled screen print was a collaboration between the Factory […]
An extremely rare poster for Andy Warhol’s 1966 exhibition at Boston’s Institute of Contemporary Art—according to the ICA website “only the second museum exhibition dedicated to Warhol, with nearly 40 iconic works—soon to become touchstones of 20th-century art history—as well as staging a performance of the landmark intermedia work Exploding Plastic Inevitable by Warhol and […]
A scarce first edition hardbound copy of Andy Warhol’s Index (Book,) with the holographic cover and including a still-attached Velvet Underground record. Warhol’s 1967 Index (Book) was an adventurous and accessible expression of his art, combining text and photographs with multimedia and interactive elements. Included are numerous photographs of the Velvet Underground, while Nico is […]
A first pressing copy of the Rolling Stones 1977 album Love You Live, boldly signed on the front by album cover designer Andy Warhol. Mick Jagger chose Warhol to design the gatefold sleeve for the Stones double live album, and his artwork became one of the band’s most iconic album covers. Warhol signed this copy […]
A beautiful original photograph of The Velvet Underground with Nico, Andy Warhol, Mary Woronov and Gerard Malanga at Warhol’s Silver Factory in 1966, taken by longtime Warhol associate and Factory photographer Billy Name. This large original print measures approximately 12″x 18”, and is signed on the reverse by Billy Name, who added “Printed 2013″. We […]
One of the rarest Velvet Underground/Andy Warhol printed items in existence, the clear plastic silkscreened advertisement/handbill for “Andy Warhol’s The Exploding Plastic Inevitable with The Velvet Underground” at the Contemporary Arts Center in Cincinnati Ohio, on November 3, 1966. The only other example we know of is pictured on a full page in Johan Kugelberg’s […]
One of the rarest Velvet Underground/Andy Warhol printed items in existence, the clear plastic silkscreened advertisement/handbill for “Andy Warhol’s The Exploding Plastic Inevitable with The Velvet Underground” at the Contemporary Arts Center in Cincinnati Ohio, on November 3, 1966. The only other example we know of is pictured on a full page in Johan Kugelberg’s […]
A scarce first edition hardbound copy of Andy Warhol’s Index (Book,) with the hologram cover and including a still-attached Velvet Underground record. Warhol’s 1967 Index (Book) was an adventurous and accessible expression of his art, combining text and photographs with multimedia and interactive elements. Included are numerous photographs of the Velvet Underground, while Nico is […]
A previously undocumented handbill for the NIGHTBEAT MAGAZINE FREAKOUT, held at the Action House in Long Island, New York, on December 4, 1966. This little documented event featured live performances by The Velvet Underground & Nico, The Mothers of Invention (with Frank Zappa), The Ronettes, The Shangra-La’s, The Left Banke, The Fugs, Terry Knight and […]
An unused ticket to “Andy Warhol’s Underground New York” featuring the Velvet Underground and Nico, at Rutgers University, March 9, 1966. This show took place only one month (and a few shows) after Nico joined the Velvets. Andy Warhol showed films over the band, recalled the late Velvets guitarist Sterling Morrison, who said “At Rutger’s […]
A huge Rolling Stones poster designed by Andy Warhol and printed exclusively for use at the Rolling Stones “Love You Live” launch party, thrown by the band at the New York club Trax on September 27, 1977. Warhol created the album cover artwork for “Love You Live” and designed this poster for use at the […]