Andy Warhol's Index (Book)

Giant rainbow noses, alleged tabs of LSD, a pop-up castle, and a can of Hunt’s tomato paste. This book has it all. The infinitely cool world of Andy Warhol and his Factory is captured in Andy Warhol’s Index, a book that mixes gritty, edgy pop art and the interactivity of children books. There are aspects that you would expect to find in an art book such as snippets of interviews and scores of black and white photos of Warhol and his friends and colleagues. But it is the unexpected features that make this book truly rare and charming, including feats of paper engineering, a (formerly) working accordion, and Velvet Underground records. With so many details, finding a complete copy of Andy Warhol’s Index is quite rare; the Smithsonian Libraries' copy retains all of the original features.