Thesculpture and paintings of 19704 are the subject of thisthird volume of the catalogue dedicated to publishing the complete paintings, sculptures and drawings of Andy Warhol (192887). As authoritative and detailed as the highly praised first two volumes, here Warhol’ssculptures and paintingsof these four years are comprehensively catalogued and illustrated. Early in this period Warhol was concentrating on film and sculpture, as he had been since being shot in 1968, but by late 1971 or early 1972 he was returning to painting and developing his painterly, ‘sloppy and fast’style; a dramatic shift from his ‘hard’ mechanical style of before 1968. The volume covers major sculptures, such as the Rain Machine, the series of paintings Mao and Man Ray, and commissioned portraits of important, celebrated and fashionable people of the day many from Warhol’s travels through Europe during this time. It is a time of great transition for Warhol, including developing his relationships withvarious media andthe impact of his first purchase of a Big Shot Polaroid camera. His diaries and the photographs he took on travels and of his subjects enliven the narrative and give intriguing insightsinto his works of these years and his unique engagement with the culture and societyof that time.
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