WARHOL: IL CENACOLO [THE LAST SUPPER].

First edition, first printing of the catalogue for the last Andy Warhol exhibition in his lifetime. Signed by the author. Publisher's original card covers with white titles to the upper panel. Illustrated with a black and white photographic portrait frontispiece, thirteen further black and white photographs and 20 colour reproductions of the artist's 'The Last Supper' (three of which are full page fold outs, with thumbnails). Text in Italian, with essays by Luisa Cogliati Arano and Carlo Bertelli. A near fine copy, the binding square and firm with a few tiny marks to the upper panel, the extremities lightly rubbed and otherwise free from fading, loss or tears. The contents, with a little creasing to lower corner of the frontispiece and some offsetting of Warhol's signature onto the inside cover and subsequent page, are otherwise clean throughout. Scarce in commerce, particularly in signed state, with only one other signed copy located at auction.

Signed boldy (twice) by Andy Warhol in black marker on the front free endpaper 'Peter / love / Andy Warhol / Andy Warhol'. Published in conjunction with Warhol's final exhibition. In 1984, almost 500 years after Da Vinci's creation of 'The Last Supper' (1495 – 1498), the gallerist Alexandre Iolas commissioned Warhol to respond to Da Vinci's masterpiece, with the resulting series of paintings and prints shown in 1987 at the Galleria Refettorio delle Stelline, Milan. The venue was chosen for its proximity to the Santa Maria delle Grazie, where the original was painted by Da Vinci. Whilst twenty pieces were exhibited, Warhol spent two years creating over one hundred variations of 'The Last Supper'. Using reproductions of the original from mass media, rather than the original itself, he created works in various mediums, including works on paper, sculpture and large-scale paintings. The exhibition would prove to be his last, with his sudden death during gallbladder surgery, one month after the opening in Milan.