Rainer Crone

Rainer Crone is University Professor emeritus of Contemporary Art and History of Film at Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich and a specialist in the art of Andy Warhol.[1] He has previously taught at Yale University, the University of California, Berkeley, Columbia University, and New York University.[2]

Andy Warhol

He is known for writing the first catalogue raisonné of the artist which was published in July 1970. This was based on the research for his doctorate at University of Hamburg, and was funded by a two-year doctoral grant from the German government, without commercial backing or financial support from any individuals or galleries. Crone began working with Andy Warhol in 1968, and continued working with Warhol on numerous books and projects until the artist’s death in 1987.[2] Crone's first catalogue raisonné and his PhD thesis still only available in German are regarded as the first European scholarly response to the work of Andy Warhol.[3]

In January 1970 Warhol and Crone discussed which painting should be used for the cover of the raisonné of his work. The artist suggested a Red Self-Portrait, which had been recently acquired by Warhol's largest European dealer and Interview magazine co-owner Bruno Bischofberger and signed, dated and dedicated to "Bruno B." Warhol provided an Ektrachrome of this work which used for the cover of the 1970 raisonne and its 1972 revised edition, and 1976 edition which listed this Red Self Portrait as entry #169. The Andy Warhol Foundation has refused to authenticate this work as it was produced by someone else on Warhol's instructions. Warhol signed the work and authorized its inclusion in the first catalogue raisonné. Crone argues that it should be considered an authentic Warhol.[4]

In 1985 Crone, along with James Beck and Meyer Schapiro, was cofounder of the International Associates for Contemporary Art (I.A.C.A).[3] Other founding members of the I.A.C.A included Eli Broad. The artists committee of the I.A.C.A included Georg Baselitz, John Baldessari, Richard Hamilton (artist), Jasper Johns, Donald Judd, Anish Kapoor, Alex Katz, Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Mapplethorpe, Claes Oldenburg, Robert Rauschenberg, Julian Schnabel, Frank Stella and Richard Serra. The I.A.C.A was replaced by ICCARUS in 1992.[5]

Bibliography

Academic books

Exhibition catalogues

References

  1. "Prof. Dr. Rainer Crone - Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München". Retrieved 3 November 2012.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Crone, Rainer (25 February 2010). "What Andy Warhol Really Did". The New York Review of Books. Retrieved 3 November 2012.
  3. 3.0 3.1 http://iccarusservices.tumblr.com/iaca
  4. Perl, Jed (2 February 2011). "Jed Perl On Koons' Balloon Dog, Warhol, Duchamp, And The Death Of Modern Art's Originality". The New Republic. Retrieved 3 November 2012.
  5. "ICCARUS website".
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  10. judd Tulley:"Art and Auction", sept 1, 2009.
  11. Jason Kaufman: "The Art Newspaper", Sept 2009.
  12. http://www.amazon.com/dp/0500090769