Andy Warhol: Love, Sex & Desire – Drawings 1950–1962

I chose this book because it catches Warhol at his rawest — before the soup cans, before the silver screen stars — just ink, skin, and gaze. These are drawings of men: lounging, posing, glowing with quiet eroticism or boredom, while Warhol observes with equal parts tenderness and detachment.
There’s a vulnerability here, a confident line paired with shy boldness — full of humor, beauty, and longing. It’s a rare view into the artist before the fame, driven by desire and a sharp sense for form.
Published for the first time as Warhol had once imagined, this book includes over 300 of these early works, threaded with poetry by James Baldwin, Thom Gunn, Essex Hemphill, and others — creating a world of glances, bodies, and quiet revolutions.

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