Cesaretti Gusmano (10 results)

First Edition. First edition. Softcover. 32 pages. Exhibition catalog for a group show that ran April 21 through May 26, 2007. Includes color and black and white illustrations after works by Rita Ackerman, Gee Vaucher, Becca Mann, Daido Moriyama, Raymond Pettibon, Gusmano Cesaretti, Jockum Nordstrom, Ryan McGinley, and Daniel Higgs. A clean very near fine copy in stapled wrappers.…

Condition: new.

Cloth Illustrated Boards. Condition: Fine, As New. First Edition. 160 pages. Profusely illustrated with duotone photographs. As New condition. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall.

Soft cover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. Bought new and never opened in original plastic wraps.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: Issued without a dust jacket. Like new in original shrinkwrap. 160 pages. Thoroughly illustrated. Scarce. Size: 9.5" x 12.5".

Hardcover. Condition: Fine condition. First edition. Small Folio. 159 [1]pp.; 4 plates of color photographs. Original black half cloth over photo-illustrated paper-covered boards with white lettering on cover and spine. Photo-illustrated endpapers in color. Signed by Gusmano Cesaretti on title page. Beautifully illustrated with b/w photo-reproductions and four plates of color photographs, three of them double page. Includes interview of Gusmano Cesaretti by Aaron Rose, and index of images at rear. "A modest, but astonishing book on the graffiti culture of East LA in the early 1970s was my most exciting discovery in the preparation of "Art in the Streets," the exhibition that Roger Gastman, Aaron Rose and I curated for the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles in 2011. Nearly forty years after it was made, Gusmano Cesaretti's work remains fresh and revelatory. Looking at his images, we are still entering a secret world. Gusmano's special rapport with his subjects that allowed him such direct access also remains after the passage of four decades.". …

Hardcover. Condition: New. Brand new beautiful copy.

Near Fine in publishers photographic boards. 1st edition, 1st issue. Self-taught Italian photographer Gusmano Cesaretti (born 1944) was one of the very first photographers to document the street culture of East Los Angeles, and The Thrill Is Gone is a retrospective history of his celebrated photographic work of the 1970s. Chapters include ÒBikers,Ó ÒEast L.A. Diary,Ó ÒFolsom Prison,Ó ÒMaria Sabina,Ó ÒMuscle BeachÓ and ÒStreet Writers,Ó along with selected other iconic images from this important time in the photographerÕs creative history. As a boy growing up in Italy, Cesaretti listened to jazz and rock ÕnÕ roll on the radio, and was drawn to the worlds of Marlon Brando and James Dean in Hollywood movies. But when he arrived in the U.S.--Cesaretti has lived in Los Angeles since 1970--it was the raw energy, graffiti, culture and people of East L.A. that seduced him. His early work--featured here in the chapter ÒEast L.A. DiaryÓ--documents his immersion in the low-rider subculture of the Klique car club. Cesaretti credits his poor English with allowing him to earn the trust of local residents--he found it hard to understand their graffiti on his own and had to ask for help. Independent curator Aaron Rose describes him as Òone of the few true artists documenting outlaw cultures in the tradition of Robert Frank.Ó ISBN 8862082754.…

Wraps. Condition: Very good. First Edition. The first book to explore the Chicano graffiti and street culture of East Los Angeles. Developed independently of New York graffiti, the so-called Cholo style employed calligraphic elements from Gothic writing, typically in the form of monochrome names or gang affiliations, often associated with a street number. The images in this monograph were captured by Italian-born photographer Gusmano Cesaretti, who was guided through the streets by Charles "Chaz" Bojórquez, now recognized as the godfather of L.A. graffiti. Square octavo: unpaginated with black-and-white photographs throughout. A cheaply-produced book, often encountered with binding issues. This example is far better than most and still quite sound. The original pictorial paper wrappers are slightly worn with a tiny bit of spotting along the extremities.…

Softcover. Condition: VG+. First Edition. Small 4to. Unpaginated (ca 120pp). Printed wraps as issued. Numerous Black and white plates. Text in English. Scarce cult book which is a first of two sorts- one of the first graffiti books, and quite possibly the first book to document chicano street culture. Cesaretti's work is stunning, high contrast and beautifully composed, and documents Whittier and East L.A. graffiti, lowriders, gangs and cholos. The real deal.…