Andy Warhol - Dossier No 2357: The Thirteen Most Wanted Men

Paris, Galerie Ileana Sonnabend, 1967. Exhibition catalogue with original silkscreen print. First edition of unknown size. Seven leaves stapled in illustrated folder, 26.5 x 18 cm. Contains a screen printed mugshot image of 'John Joseph H., Jr.', information from the New York Police Department describing H.'s criminal career, text by Otto Hahn (on yellow paper), checklist and exhibition history. Texts in French. Cover partly browned, interior sheets and print in very good condition.

In 1964 the World's Fair in New York commissioned Andy Warhol (1928-1987) to make a work for the facade of the New York State Pavilion. He created 'Thirteen Most Wanted Men', a mural composed of 22 head-and-shoulder mug shots taken from a booklet created by the New York City Police Department with images of the most wanted criminals of 1962. It caused a scandal and the images were painted over in monochrome silver before the World’s Fair opened. Warhol re-created the mural on a smaller scale in 20 separate paintings, which were eventually exhibited at Ileana Sonnabend Gallery.