Little Red Book #191
Date1972-1973
Artist
Andy Warhol
(American painter, photographer, filmmaker, and publisher, 1928–1987)
MediumPlastic, cardboard, and paper album containing 19 Polaroid Type SX-70 prints
Dimensions3 1/2 × 5 1/2 × 5/8 in. (8.9 × 14 × 1.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc, 2013
Object number2013-57
On View
Not on viewClassificationsBOOK
Label TextAndy Warhol was fascinated by the Polaroid camera and began using the Polaroid Big Shot after its release in 1971. He took nearly 40,000 Polaroids throughout his career, focusing of friends, people on the street, and self-portraits. This Little Red Book includes 19 Polaroids, and features photographs of actress Bette Davis and director Bernardo Bertolucci, as well as a self-portrait of the artist.
Andy Warhol
December, 1972
