Artist: Oliviero Toscani (Italian, b.1942). Title: "Andy Warhol, Carnegie Hall Studio, New York City". Medium: Vintage photogravure. Date: Composed 1973. Printed 1974. Dimensions: Overall size: 17 1/4 x 13 in. (438 x 330 mm). Image size: 10 13/16 x 9 1/8 in. (275 x 232 mm). Lot Note(s): Signed by the sitter [Andy Warhol] with an autograph signature in black marker; signed in the plate by the photographer. Intended edition of 950 (of which all were printed?). High-grade white Bristol archival paper. Full margins, as issued. Fine, quality printing. Fine condition. Comment(s): Very scarce. Quite possibly printed in a run of far less than the 950 proposed. The printing was derived from a high-resolution negative produced with Polaroid Type 105 Positive/Negative film. In the early 1970s Polaroid launched a project to show that this film process could successfully compete with gelatin silver prints as a fine art medium. The company gave cameras plus a generous stock of film to leading photographers of the day. Their output was then published by the Polaroid Corporation. Image copyright © Oliviero Toscani. [24704-3-800]