The Book of Etiquette: or Andy Warhol's Beginnings by Jeff Cannon |
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Before Andy Warhol became an international Pop Art star, he was actually a successful commercial illustrator. |
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Andy Warhol
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His stylish shoe ads for I. Miller and drawings for Glamour, Vogue and Harper's Bazaar were playful, cartoon like images combining fashion and art. | |||||||||||||||||||
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What most people don't know is that Warhol also contributed original drawings for Amy Vanderbilt's Complete Book of Etiquette, from 1958.
He also contributed to her Complete Cookbook DrawingsEveryday Etiquette. |
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The pop icon wasn't really discovered by the public until he
showed his canvas silkscreens in 1962 at the Ferus Gallery in Los Angeles. The featured picture was his now-ubiquitous
32 Campbell's Soup Cans.
Then he was well on his way... |
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