Holy Cats by Andy Warhol's Mother. de Andy WARHOL - 1954

London : Chatto & Windus, 1988. Hardcover. Fair. First published privately in 1950 and 1954, reprint in slipcase (designed by Yolanda Cuomo) as published without the loose sheet with the barcode and without the colour card originally included in the shrink wrap.; Without the loose sheet and colour card; both volumes foxed on spines.

Panache Press at Random House Two volume set in slipcase. Both slipcase and books inexcellent condition with minimal wear. Close to Like New condition. ***Shipped within 24 hours from the beautiful Baltimore inner harbor area. First class service; accurate descriptions. Most items packed in boxes, not envelopes.*** . Hard Cover. Very Good.

New York: Panache Press, 1987. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. fine. 2 volumes in publisher's slipcase. 8vo. Illustrated in color. A fine set in a near fine bright multi-colored slipcase, case lightly rubbed.

New York: Panache Press oif Random House, 1987. Facsimile Editions. 2 vols. 8vo. Pictorial boards in facsimile edition, near fine in fine slipcase designed by Yolanda Cuomo. Facsimile Editions. 2 vols. 8vo. Holy Cats by Andy Warhol's Mother and 25 Cats Name Sam and One Blue Pussy were both privately pressed and originally published in 1954 in a limited quantity of 190 copies each when Andy Warhol and his mother Julia Warhola were sharing a small apartment together prior to Warhol's fame. Warhol illustrated 25 Cats and Warhola did the calligraphy; Warhol's friend Charles Lisanby supplied the text. Holy Cats was written and illustrated entirely by Julia Warhola.

Holy Cats was created and drawn by Warhol's mother, Julia Warhola (1891-1972) in memory of her cat, Hester. Warhola sketched the line drawings and created the cursive captions in her own hand comically illustrating the great variety of feline personalities. The captioned drawings are each printed on colored pager totaling twenty pages plus full cover drawing on off white paper wrapping. Internal pages are fine. The rear cover shows a light center stain.The illustrated paper cover along the spine is broken at the center and upper and lower left edges, with slight cracking along inside covers. The book was privately once printed in 1954 in a small edition and measures 9 x 6 inches. After a successful career as a commercial illustrator, Warhol became famous as a painter, avant-garde filmmaker, record producer, author, and public figure. Autograph

New York, Privately printed by the artist, 1954. . First edition, 8vo (23 x 14.5 cm); 20 lithographs on various coloured wove papers, printed recto only, with 'The Estate of Andy Warhol' and 'Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts' stamps to lower pastedown, numbered in pencil 'PM 21.0078'; original lithographed paper covered boards, spine extremities bumped, otherwise very good. Stamped by 'The Estate of Andy Warhol' and 'The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc.'Andy Warhol's mother, Julia Warhola was an artist in her own right and provided the calligraphy to hundreds of her son's album covers, advertisements and book illustrations. In Holy Cats, however, she takes centre stage, providing not only her delicate penmanship but also her charming drawings of cats and angels. Warhola was born in a Ruthenian village at the end of the 19th century and it is clear her style was influenced by the traditional folk art she grew up with.