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Published by Gagosian Gallery on the occasion of the exhibition “Warhol: Bardot,” held at the gallery’s Davies Street, London location from October 10 through November 12, 2011.This elegantly designed, large-format catalogue presents six vividly colored portraits of French actress and cultural icon Brigitte Bardot created by Andy Warhol in 1974. Based on Richard Avedon’s celebrated 1959 photograph of Bardot, the portraits employ the cropped composition, silkscreen process and contrasting colors associated with Warhol’s iconic celebrity images.Illustrated throughout with full-page reproductions, archival photographs and exhibition material. Includes essays by Warhol collaborator Glenn O’Brien and Purple magazine editor Olivier Zahm, together with quotations about Bardot from Simone de Beauvoir, Jean Cocteau, Serge Gainsbourg and others.Hardcover, 48 pages, approximately 12½ × 12½ inches. Published by Gagosian Gallery, 2011.Condition: Fine. Clean, bright and tightly bound, with no writing, markings or significant wear.
