Steidl advent calendar day 17 Andy Warhol "Red Books" 20 copies available The Polaroid camera combined two of Andy Warhol’s obsessions – the disposable nature of modern consumerism and the photograph as a ready-made. He was an inveterate and relentless user of Polaroid cameras and during the 1970s he made thousands of instant photographs. Between 1970 and 1976 Warhol established a rigorous system of cataloging. He would take home the Polaroids, edit and sequence them and then enter them in individual red Holson Polaroids albums. These albums, with Warhol’s original sequence and themes, have remained intact. "Red Books" is a cardboard box containing 11 of the Holson photo albums of Polaroids. These thoughtfully-ordered small albums, selected and sequenced by Warhol himself, tend to cover one event, be it a weekend in Montauk with the Kennedy and Radziwill kids, a portrait sitting with Paloma Picasso or Brigid Berlin and Larry Rivers staging an impromptu “performance” at the Factory, and there is a freshness and intimacy that one does not usually associate with the “cool and detached” Andy Warhol. A separate black book contains a text by Francois-Marie Banier eplaining the significance of these albums within Warhol’s oeuvre and how they act as a diary of his work and offer unrivalled insight into his working procedures. For more information and to order click the link in our bio. #steidl #steidlbooks #polaroids #andywarhol #adventcalendar