In 1959, Andy Warhol together with his friend and interior decorator, Suzie Frankfurt set out to produce a limited-edition satirical cookbook for New York’s fashionable elite. Poking fun at the haute cuisine of the time, Warhol and Frankfurt came up with absurdly grandiose recipes including “Omelet Greta Garbo”, “Gefilte of Fighting Fish” and “Seared Roebuck” for their “cookbook for people who don’t cook.”
Introduction
Named in homage to Ingmar Bergman’s film Wild Strawberries, Warhol created the illustrations and Frankfurt cooked up the recipes. Andy’s mother, Julia Warhola, was brought in for the calligraphy, and four schoolboys who lived upstairs from the artist executed the hand-coloring. Ultimately, it is believed that only 34 copies were produced, many of which were given as gifts to friends and potential clients.
Wild Raspberries is the last of the books Warhol designed in the 1950s, a decade that witnessed the development of the artistic techniques, reliance on source material and reproductive processes he used throughout his career, especially with regards to printmaking. Working as a commercial illustrator while relentlessly drawing and printing on the side was key to this development that later led him to become the Pop icon he is now most remembered for. While his reputation as an illustrator grew between 1953 and 1959, he self-published a series of portfolios, books and individual prints of which Wild Raspberries is a fine example.
Sometimes restrained in what he was commissioned to do for his commercial clients, the self-published books allowed his subtly irreverent humor to come forward. In Wild Raspberries (whose title is a nudge to Ingmar Bergman’s film Wild Strawberries that had come out two years before), the absurd recipes were imagined by Warhol’s friend Suzie Frankfurt to counteract the seriousness of cooking books and the supposedly perfect housewife they depicted. As often with Warhol, he based his drawings on existing ones, in this instance reproductions of fancy French desserts. The directions for cooking however were turned on their heads by Frankfurt, requiring no less than, in some of the recipes, a Carey Cadillac, hearts, fighting fishes, poached brains or orchids and providing, among others, tips for hunting or suggestions as to whom to serve the dish – politicians from the 1930s, Greta Garbo or very thin people.
The books were mostly addressed to a private audience made of friends and family, or to accompany samples of his work to current and potential customers, offering them as carefully wrapped gifts upon each of his visits to their office. This personal intent behind the books’ production also explains the fact that the number of the editions were rarely clear or known, as Warhol was not very good, nor keen to keep a record of the numbers.
To produce the books, Warhol started working with Seymour Berlin at the Record Offset Corporation in New York for the printing, and involved his mother in their production. Julia Warhola, an artist herself, had moved to New York City to live with her son in 1952 and she participated in many of his projects in those years, especially hand-writing the texts that often accompanied the books or advertisements he was working on.
Warhol could also count on his assistants and on several friends when it came to color the prints. In grand ‘Warhol’s style’, he would organize ‘coloring parties’ at a restaurant and ice cream parlor in Manhattan where together they would hand-apply bright watercolors to each or some of the individual sheets. Thus, the number of hand-colored offset lithographs varies greatly from one edition to the other.
Wild Raspberries, 1959
Wild Raspberries
The complete book, comprising 18 offset lithographs
Medium: Offset lithograph with hand-coloring on laid paper
Year: 1959
Each sheet: 17 1/4 x 11 inches (43.9 x 28.1 cm)
Edition: unknown size
Literature: Feldman & Schellmann IV.126-143
Bound with inter-leafing fuchsia tissue overlays, title page
Recipes by Suzie Frankfurt
Lettering by Julia Warhola
1. Salad de alf Landon (F&S IV.126)
2. A+P Surprise (F&S IV.127)
3. Chocolate Balls a la Chambord (F&S IV.128)
4. Calves Head Giant (F&S IV.129)
5. Torte a la Dobosch (F&S IV.130)
6. Waterzoie (F&S IV.131)
7. Oysters a la Harriman (F&S IV.132)
8. Omelet Greta Garbo (F&S IV.133)
9. Piglet (F&S IV.134)
10. Sweet Fennel (F&S IV.135)
11. Roasted Iguana Andulusian (F&S IV.136)
12. Baked Hawai (F&S IV.137)
13. Hard Boiled Eggs (F&S IV.138)
14. Gateau of Marzipan (F&S IV.139)
15. Gardoons a la Mousseline (F&S IV.140)
16. Wine Leaf Marinade (F&S IV.141)
17. Sheep’s Trotter Poulette (F&S IV.142)
18. Greengages a la Warhol (F&S IV.143)
2025 Auction Results
Piglet (F&S IV.134A), 1959
Estimated: USD 6,000 – 8,000
USD 5,760
Offset lithograph with hand-coloring on folded laid paper
Hard Boiled Eggs (F&S IV.138A), 1959
Estimated: USD 3,000 – 5,000
USD 3,200
Offset lithograph with hand-coloring on laid paper
Chocolate Balls a la Chambord (F&S IV.128A), 1959
Estimated: USD 3,000 – 5,000
USD 3,200
Offset lithograph with hand-coloring on laid paper
Lots Passed
Estimated: USD 3,000 – 5,000
Offset lithograph with hand-coloring on wove paper
Estimated: USD 3,000 – 5,000
Offset lithograph with hand-coloring on wove paper
Estimated: USD 3,000 – 5,000
PASSED
Offset lithograph with hand-coloring on laid paper
Estimated: USD 3,000 – 5,000
Offset lithograph with hand-coloring on laid paper
Salad de alf Landon (F&S IV.126)
Estimated: USD 4,000 – 6,000
USD 5,120
Offset lithograph with extensive hand-coloring on laid paper
From an edition of unknown size
With the ‘The Estate of Andy Warhol’ and ‘Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts’ inkstamps on the reverse Initialed in pencil ‘LC’
LA Modern: 3 September 2025
Estimated: USD 3,000 – 5,000
USD 3,432
Offset lithograph with hand-coloring
From the edition of unknown size created in collaboration with Suzie Frankfurt
Estimated: USD 4,000 – 6,000
USD 5,120
Offset lithograph with extensive hand-coloring on laid paper
From the unknown edition size
Bonhams New-York: 14 August 2023
Estimated: USD 3,000 – 5,000
USD 2,880
ANDY WARHOL (1928-1987)
Salade de Alf Landon, from Wild Raspberries (Feldman & Schellmann IV.126A), 1959
Offset lithograph with hand-coloring on wove paper
A+P Surprise (F&S IV.127)
Forum Auctions: 9 July 2025
Estimated: GBP 1,500 – 2,000
GBP 1,400 (Hammer)
GBP 1,854 / USD 2,520
ANDY WARHOL (1928-1987)
A + P Surprise, From Wild Raspberries (See Feldman and Schellmann IV.127.A), 1959
Offset lithograph extensively heightened with watercolor on laid paper
Bonhams New-York: 23 May 2024
Estimated: USD 4,000 – 6,000
USD 5,120
Offset lithograph with hand-coloring on laid paper
From the unknown edition size
Chocolate Balls a la Chambord (F&S IV.128)
Estimated: USD 3,000 – 5,000
USD 3,200
Offset lithograph with hand-coloring on laid paper
Estimated: USD 4,000 – 6,000
USD 5,120
Offset lithograph with hand-coloring on laid paper
From the unknown edition size
Calves Head Giant (F&S IV.129)
LA Modern: 3 September 2025
Estimated: USD 3,000 – 5,000
USD 3,048
Torte a la Dobosch (F&S IV.130)
Wright: 6 August 2025
Estimated: USD 4,000 – 6,000
USD 4,445
Waterzoie (F&S IV.131)
LA Modern: 10 January 2024
Estimated: USD 3,000 – 5,000
USD 3,780
ANDY WARHOL (1928–1987)
Untitled (from the Wild Raspberries portfolio), 1959
Offset lithograph with hand-coloring
This work is from the edition of unknown size created in collaboration with Suzie Frankfurt
Oysters a la Harriman (F&S IV.132)
Wright Chicago: 7 December 2023
Estimated: USD 3,000 – 5,000
USD 3,024
ANDY WARHOL (1928–1987)
Oysters a La Harriman (from Wild Raspberries), 1959
Offset lithograph with hand-coloring
From the edition of unknown size created in collaboration with Suzie Frankfurt
Omelet Greta Garbo (F&S IV.133)
USD 3,048
From the edition of unknown size created in collaboration with Suzie Frankfurt
LA Modern: 10 January 2024
Estimated: USD 3,000 – 5,000
USD 4,128
ANDY WARHOL (1928–1987)
Omelet Greta Garbo (from the Wild Raspberries portfolio), 1959
Offset lithograph with hand-coloring
This work is from the edition of unknown size created in collaboration with Suzie Frankfurt
Piglet (F&S IV.134)
Bonhams New-York: 22 May 2025
Estimated: USD 6,000 – 8,000
USD 5,760
Offset lithograph with hand-coloring on folded laid paper
Bonhams New-York: 30 October 2023
Estimated: USD 6,000 – 8,000
USD 11,520
Offset lithograph with hand-coloring on folded wove paper as issued
Rago: 1 June 2023
Estimated: USD 6,000 – 8,000
USD 7,095
ANDY WARHOL (1928–1987)
Piglet (from the Wild Raspberries portfolio), 1959
Offset lithograph with hand-coloring
Estate stamp to verso
A full sheet (unfolded) from the edition of unknown size
Created in collaboration with Suzie Frankfurt with lettering by Julia Warhola
Roast Iguana (F&S IV.136)
Forum Auctions: 9 July 2025
Estimated: GBP 1,500 – 2,000
GBP 1,400 (Hammer)
GBP 1,854 / USD 2,520
ANDY WARHOL (1928-1987)
Roast Iguana, From Wild Raspberries (See Feldman and Schellmann IV.136.A), 1959
Offset lithograph extensively heightened with watercolor on laid paper
Bonhams London: 6 December 2023
Estimated: GBP 3,000 – 5,000
GBP 3,840 / USD 4,835
Offset lithograph with hand-coloring in watercolor on laid paper
A page from the Wild Raspberries cookbook with recipes by Suzie Frankfurt
With the Warhol authentication inkstamp verso
Baked Hawaii (F&S IV.137)
Wright Chicago: 7 December 2023
Estimated: USD 3,000 – 5,000
USD 6,048
ANDY WARHOL (1928–1987)
Baked Hawaii (from Wild Raspberries), 1959
Offset lithograph with hand-coloring
From the edition of unknown size created in collaboration with Suzie Frankfurt
Bonhams New-York: 12 May 2022
Estimated: USD 4,000 – 6,000
USD 5,100
Offset lithograph hand-colored in watercolor on wove paper
From an edition of unknown size
Hard Boiled Eggs (F&S IV.138)
Estimated: USD 3,000 – 5,000
USD 3,200
Offset lithograph with hand-coloring on laid paper
Gateau of Marzipan (F&S IV.139)
Estimated: USD 3,000 – 5,000
Offset lithograph with hand-coloring on laid paper
Greengages a la Warhol (F&S IV.143)
Forum Auctions: 9 July 2025
Estimated: GBP 1,500 – 2,000
GBP 1,400 (Hammer)
GBP 1,854 / USD 2,520
ANDY WARHOL (1928-1987)
Greengages a la Warhol, From Wild Raspberries (See Feldman and Schellmann IV.143.B), 1959
Offset lithograph extensively heightened with watercolor on laid paper
Complete Books
Christie’s online: 17 July 2025
Estimated: USD 40,000 – 60,000
USD 40,320
ANDY WARHOL (1928-1987)
Wild Raspberries (Feldman & Schellmann IV.126A-143A), 1959
The complete artist’s book
Comprising eighteen offset lithographs (sixteen with hand-coloring in watercolor) on laid paper
From the edition of unknown size
Bound (as issued), with fuschia tissue overlays, title page
Recipes by Suzie Frankfurt, lettering by Julia Warhola and original fuchsia buckram boards
Phillips New-York: 20 April 2023
Estimated: USD 40,000 – 60,000
USD 44,450
ANDY WARHOL
Wild Raspberries (F. & S. IV.126A-143A), 1959
The complete set of 18 offset lithographs on laid paper,
15 with hand-coloring and some with applied gold leaf or trim
Piglet is a double plate
With later pink boards cover with stamped title
Recipes by Suzie Frankfurt, with original fuchsia tissue overlays
Sotheby’s New-York: 15 December 2022
Estimated: USD 25,000 – 35,000
USD 25,200
ANDY WARHOL (1928 – 1987)
Wild Raspberries, 1959
The complete book, comprising 18 offset lithographs, 17 with hand-coloring, on laid paper
With recipes by Suzie Frankfurt
Some pages interleaved with the original fuchsia tissue paper
Bound (as issued) in the original fuchsia boards (18 prints)
Rago: 2 November 2022
Estimated: USD 30,000 – 50,000
USD 33,800
ANDY WARHOL
Wild Raspberries, 1959
Offset lithographs with hand-coloring in bound book
Inscribed to cover ‘to Eugenia Sheppard thank you Andy’
This work is from the edition of an unknown size (it is believed that only 34 copies where produced)
Sotheby’s New-York: 19 July 2022
Estimated: USD 25,000 – 35,000
USD 32,760
ANDY WARHOL
Wild Raspberries (Feldman & Schellmann IV.126-143), 1959
The complete book, comprising 18 offset lithographs, 17 with hand-coloring
With recipes by Suzie Frankfurt on laid paper
Some pages interleaved with the original fuchsia tissue paper, bound in original fuchsia boards
Incomplete Sets
Hindman: 20 April 2023
Estimated: USD 10,000 – 15,000
USD 12,600
ANDY WARHOL (American, 1928-1987)
Twelve Works from Wild Raspberries, 1959
Offset lithographs, one with hand-coloring, six with colored tissue overlays