A Coloring Book

Drawings by Andy Warhol

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It was 1953 when, not long after arriving in New York City, a young artist named Andy Warhol had begun to make his way in the world of commercial illustration. As Arthur Edelman, his former employer, relates in his introductory note, in a hallway of the Empire State Building stood a young man with Jackson Pollock shoes, a rumpled black suit, a portfolio, and a shock of white hair. Over several years, the Edelmans and Warhol worked closely together. Their relationship culminated in a coloring book that could have only come from the mind of Warhol, created especially for clients children for Christmas in 1961, and somewhat of a cause clbre when it was published in 1990.

A Coloring Book: Drawings by Andy Warhol will amuse and charm a whole new generation with its delightfully carefree animal drawings, revealing the whimsical side to his creativity.
Extent: 24 pp
Format: paperback
Publication date: 2011-11-14
Size: 36.5 x 26.5 cm
ISBN: 9780500289778
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Press Reviews

A revealing piece of work from the 20th-century artist
Daily Telegraph




About the Author

The late Arthur and Teddy Edelman were co-owners of Fleming-Joffe, which became the leading supplier of high-fashion leathers. Andy Warhol joined their team as a graphic designer in 1958. After a six-year stint, he left the business in 1964, the same year the Edelmans received the Neiman Marcus Award for distinguished service in the field of fashion. The Edelmans sold Fleming-Joffe in 1971 and launched Edelman Leather a decade later, with the goal of providing luxury upholstery to architects and interior designers for high-end residential, office, hospitality, aviation, and marine projects. Warhol contributed the iconic This is a chair upholstered in Edelman Leather poster that distinguished the brand.

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