Andy Warhol
C: A Journal of Poetry, (Vol.1, No. 4), September 1963, 1963 Screenprint cover and mimeograph magazine Sheet size: 13 3/8 x 17 inches This screenprint, which was the front and rear cover for the fourth issue of C: A Journal of Poetry, marks the first known instance in which Andy Warhol utilized the technique of screenprinting. Warhol had recently learned the technique from Floriano Vecchi (pictured on the preceding page) of Tiber Press and first publicly applied it in this context. The issue featured text about Edwin Denby as well as actual writing by the poet and critic. Denby is portrayed on the cover alongside Gerard Malanga, a young art school graduate, who had recently become Warhol’s studio assistant responsible for the practical creation of many of Warhol’s seminal screenprint paintings. These portraits were created after Warhol’s Polaroids from a photography session with the pair and subsequently created quite the stir in literary circles upon their publication.