WARHOL: IL CENACOLO [THE LAST SUPPER]. WARHOL, Andy; edited by IOLAS, Alexandre: Rare First edition,

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Title WARHOL: IL CENACOLO [THE LAST SUPPER].
Author WARHOL, Andy; edited by IOLAS, Alexandre:
Edition First edition, first printing of the catalogue for the last Andy Warhol show of his life
Publisher Milan: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore; Edizioni Philippe Daverio. 1987

Milan: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore; Edizioni Philippe Daverio. 1987. First edition, first printing of the catalogue for the last Andy Warhol exhibition in his lifetime. Publisher's original card covers with white titles to the upper panel. Illustrated with a black and white photographic portrait frontispiece, thirteen further black and white photographs and 20 colour reproductions of the artist's 'The Last Supper' (three of which are full page fold outs, with thumbnails). Text in Italian, with essays by Luisa Cogliati Arano and Carlo Bertelli. A rare fine copy, the Published in conjunction with Warhol's final exhibition. In 1984, almost 500 years after Da Vinci's creation of 'The Last Supper' (1495 – 1498), the gallerist Alexandre Iolas commissioned Warhol to respond to Da Vinci's masterpiece, with the resulting series of paintings and prints shown in 1987 at the Galleria Refettorio delle Stelline, Milan. The venue was chosen for its proximity to the Santa Maria delle Grazie, where the original was painted by Da Vinci. Whilst twenty pieces were exhibited, Warhol spent two years creating over one hundred variations of 'The Last Supper'. Using reproductions of the original from mass media, rather than the original itself, he created works in various mediums, including works on paper, sculpture and large-scale paintings. The exhibition would prove to be his last, with his sudden death during gallbladder surgery, one month after the opening in Milan.