Barents Els Introduction (3 results)

Condition: Good. Paperback, illustrated with numerous (full page) photographs in colour and b/w, 4to.; Cover parlt yellowed.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Münich: Schirmer/Mosel, 1982. (10.5 x 8.5 in, 27 x 22 cm) 175 pp. First edition. Very Good. Original printed and photographically illustrated stiff wrappers. Text in Dutch, English and German. This publication accompanied an exhibition of Cindy Sherman's work, organized by the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, December 1982. Profusely illustrated in black and white and color with reproductions of works dating 1977-1982. Introduction by Els Barents includes quotes from an interview with the artist October 1982. An excellent early catalog in very good condition (Spine not creased, binding very tight, covers are age toned and with just a bit of wear, cover fore-edge and first 5 leaves thumb creased at edge approx. 3 cm, else internally clean and fine). Printed and bound in Germany. Uncommon.

Munich: Schirmer/Mosel. 1996. 4to. Original white photo-illustrated wrapper, titled to front cover and spine; pp. [152]; with black and white and colour photo-illustrations throughout; minimal staining to spine of wrapper; else a fine copy. Second edition of the catalogue to the major 1988 exhibition of Robert Mapplethorpe's work.Robert Mapplethorpe's retrospective exhibition Ten by Ten held at the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, was held just a few months before the photographer's death in 1989. This catalogue, originally produced to mark the occasion of the major exhibition, gives a full career survey of Mapplethorpe's controversial photographic practice. Notably included are Mapplethorpe's explorations of gay fetish culture and sadomasochism. The often soft studio lighting and concern with classical ideals of beauty in his erotic work sit alongside some of Mapplethorpe's colour floral still lifes. Some of his most renowned portraits are reproduced in this publication, including those of Patti Smith, the body builder Lisa Lyon, and a variety of self-portraits.