Andy Warhol's work during the first decade of his career, before he became the godfather of pop art, proved enormously influential on his life's work, yet it remains relatively unknown. Drag & Draw highlights two series of drawings from this decade, when Warhol began exploring the controversial and, for him, deeply personal subject of cross-dressing.
In the first of these series, Warhol drew a group of vibrant women inspired by photographs of theater divas and men in drag. He explored the art of cross-dressing further with his second series, a set of portraits of men posing in high and low drag. This book examines the significance of cross-dressing in Warhol's work and his debt to the photographs his friend, photographer Otto Fenn, prepared specifically for Warhol. Featuring numerous previously unpublished drawings by Warhol and newly discovered photographic sources, Drag & Draw offers a fascinating glimpse into the culture of cross-dressing in 1950s New York, a time when it was still largely hidden.
Number of pages: 144
Dimensions: 24.13 x 27.94 cm
