Robinson David 1936 (3 results)

First Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong; 127 pages; Description: 127 p. : col. Ill. ; 23 x 29 cm. Subjects: Photography, Artistic. 1 Kg. …

First Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong; 127 pages; Description: 127 p. : col. Ill. ; 23 x 29 cm. Subjects: Photography, Artistic. 1 Kg. …

Robinson, David, 1936-. Saving graces: images of women in European cemeteries. Foreword by Joyce Carol Oates. New York: W.W. Norton, 1999, reissued as a Norton paperback, with 1st printing number line, 114pp., sewn PAPERBACK, very good, attractive copy, black and white photographs on right page, one side only, followed by 9-page essay by Robinson. "Many cemeteries in Europe are highly maintained sculpture gardens strewn with shockingly sensual sculptures of women. They are perfect, idealized creations - young, gorgeous, elaborately posed, and beautifully sculpted. Often naked or barely clothed, and consumed with grief for the dead, they are both a stunning and a compelling presence among the other gravestones. David Robinson's exquisite photographs reveal the angelic beauty and mystery of these lifelike sculptures. In her foreword, Joyce Carol Oates explores the many implications of these grief-stricken, extremely provocative female figures - our obsession with mortality, the rituals of mourning, the conflation of death and the erotic, the perfect female form as a male fantasy and a symbol of status.".…