• Andy Warhol, Hammer and Sickle, Haunch of Venison, London, 2004. Fold-out poster cover unfolded, approx. 59.5 × 42 cm. Red ground. Large-scale black line drawing of hammer and sickle — hammer head upper left, sickle blade upper right, handles crossing at centre; bold contour lines with hatched shading throughout; small signature or notation lower right. Horizontal and vertical fold lines visible as issued.
  • Interior spread, Andy Warhol, Hammer and Sickle, Haunch of Venison, London, 2004. White ground. Two colour plates side by side. Left: Still Life (Hammer and Sickle), 1977 — graphite and wash on ivory wove paper, 28 × 40½ in, 71 × 104 cm; hammer and sickle in red wash with graphite outline, white ground. Right: Still Life (Hammer and Sickle), 1977 — graphite and wash on ivory wove paper, 27⅛ × 41 in, 71 × 104 cm; similar composition, red wash more saturated. Red cloth binding visible at left edge.
  • Softcover catalogue, Andy Warhol, Hammer and Sickle, Haunch of Venison, London, 2004. Approx. 15 × 20 cm, 32 pages. Red fold-out poster cover/wrapper. Front face: large-scale black line drawing of hammer and sickle on red ground — bold contour lines with hatching, no text visible on cover face. Light handling marks and fold lines as issued, good condition.
  • Interior spread, Andy Warhol, Hammer and Sickle, Haunch of Venison, London, 2004. Left page: blank white. Right page: full-bleed colour photograph — overhead view of Warhol's studio floor; large roll of white paper, camera on tripod, lighting equipment, 'Colgate' branded box visible upper right; dark green floor with shadow patterns. Red cloth binding visible at left edge.
  • Back cover, Andy Warhol, Hammer and Sickle, Haunch of Venison, London, 2004. Red fold-out poster cover/wrapper. Back face: black line drawing of hammer and sickle on red ground — vertical column element left, curved sickle blade right, hatched shading throughout. Minor edge and corner wear, small surface marks, fold lines as issued.
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ANDY WARHOL — Hammer and Sickle, Haunch of Venison, London, 2004

ANDY WARHOL — Hammer and Sickle, Haunch of Venison, London, 2004

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Exhibition catalogue, Andy Warhol, Hammer and Sickle. Haunch of Venison, London, 2004. Softcover with red fold-out poster cover/wrapper, approx. 15 × 20 cm closed, 32 pages. Published alongside the exhibition at Haunch of Venison, 19 May – 15 June 2004, described as the first major UK exhibition of the series of drawings. Fold-out poster cover approx. 59.5 × 42 cm unfolded (to be confirmed).

Warhol’s Hammer and Sickle works began in the mid-1970s, after his Mao works and alongside his continued interest in mass images, signs, products, and political icons. The series came from seeing hammer-and-sickle graffiti in Italy; Warhol then had an actual hammer and sickle bought from a hardware shop, converting the ideological symbol back into objects for still-life arrangements. Museum Brandhorst notes that Warhol left the American manufacturer’s logo visible, turning the communist emblem into a branded capitalist product, while repetition drained and redistributed the symbol’s political charge.

Within The New Rare register, this catalogue is especially strong because it is not only a catalogue. The cover performs as a storage system, wrapper, image, and poster. Folded, it protects the book. Opened, it becomes a display surface. Warhol’s image moves from drawing to exhibition document to folded object to poster: circulation held inside design.

Condition: Good. Light handling, fold lines as issued, minor edge and corner wear, small surface marks to red cover/poster. Ships flat and protected; international shipping available.

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