B A U M A N R A R E B O O K S J A N U A R Y 2 0 2 4 27 INSCRIBED, SIGNED AND INITIALED BY WARHOL, WITH HIS ORIGINAL SKETCH OF A CAMPBELL'S SOUP CAN 27. WARHOL, Andy. The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (From A to B and Back Again). New York and London, 1975. Octavo, original half orange cloth, dust jacket. $5800 First edition, first printing, inscribed on the half title: “To Bob Lear,” and signed by Andy Warhol, with an original full-page sketch of a soup can inscribed “Campbell’s Tomato Soup” by him. Additionally initialed by him on the same page with a thicker pen. The father of pop-art waxes philosophic about art (“An artist is somebody who produces things that people don’t need”), beauty (“Beautiful people are more prone to keep you waiting than plain people are…”) and success (“Think rich. Look poor”). First printing, with “First Edition” on copyright page. Old bookseller price sticker to rear panel of dust jacket. A few minor spots of foxing to top edge of text block. A fine copy, especially desirable with Warhol’s original sketch.
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