Robert Mapplethorpe
Howard, Richard, Marshall, Richard, Sischy, Ingrid, Mapplethorpe, Robert
ISBN 10: 0436273608 ISBN 13: 9780436273605
Published by Penguin Random House, 1988
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Gather nudes, portraits, and still lifes by the controversial photographer
Synopsis: Showcases sixty-five self portraits, many previously unpublished and culled from his earliest works, that offer insight into the photographer's complex personality and self-explorations.
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Title: Robert Mapplethorpe
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Publication Date: 1988
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good
Edition: 1st edition.
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Robert Mapplethorpe
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London; Secker & Warburg;, 1988
ISBN 10: 0436273608
ISBN 13: 9780436273605
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ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE (First edition - lavishly illustrated)
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Secker & Warburg, London, 1988
ISBN 10: 0436273608
ISBN 13: 9780436273605
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First impression of the true first edition - a large format hardcover monograph. The cover shows: Apollo, 1988 - gelatin silver print, from the collection of the artist. Compiled by Richard Marshall, with essays by Richard Howard and Ingrid Sischy. Introduced by Ashley Baynton-Williams. Illustrated with 45 colour and 85 duo-tone photographs throughout. ***Near fine in indigo-violet cloth-covered boards with black titles to the spine and front board. The boards are beautifully clean and unmarked. No creases or bumps. Corners sharp. Light handling marks to the fore-edge of the page block. Internally also near fine with no inscriptions or annotations. Dark grey endpapers. No foxing to the interior pages. Pages clean and bright. No creases or tears. No reading lean to the binding but the boards are slightly flared. Spine tight. ***In a very good monochrome illustrated dustwrapper. There is quite a lot of rubbing to the extremities of the dustwrapper, particularly at the top and tail of the spine, and a short closed tear at the top edge of the front panel, but no serious creases or tears. No fading. Dustwrapper bright. ***306mm x 244mm. 216 pages including a list of illustrations, selected one-artist and group exhibitions and selected bibliography at the back of the book. ***'This is the first critical study of Robert Mapplethorpe's career. He has been transformed in the public's eye from the most shocking photographer of the seventies to the most celebrated photographer of his generation. Described as the equivalent of a court painter to the New York avant-garde, with an immense body of portraits of leading artists of his time, Mapplethorpe has also photographed a private sexual arena with unsurpassed elegance, often abstracting the human body and desire with pure geometric form. This sensuality has been extended into his exquisite studies of flowers, now executed in color. ***The book is published on the occasion of Mapplethorpe's first major American museum exhibition, at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, and it includes essays from three distinguished contributors, Richard Howard, Richard Marshall, and Ingirid Sischy. It reproduces earl work from the seventies, a number of unique works, and a substantial body of new colour work. It is the definitive volume on one of the world's most disturbing, elegant, and seductive photographers. ' (Quote taken from the front flap of the dustwrapper) ***First impression of the true first edition, printed on nice photographic quality paper, sumptuously illustrated with Robert Mapplethorpe's photographs in colour and duo-tone, complete in the original dustwrapper. Of interest to collectors of the work of the renowned photographer Robert Mapplethorpe, and the New York avant-garde art scene. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc. Seller Inventory # 8691z
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Robert Mapplethorpe
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Secker & Warburg Ltd, London, 1988
ISBN 10: 0436273608
ISBN 13: 9780436273605
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Hardcover. Condition: Vg. Dust Jacket Condition: G+. First Edition. 216pp. Profusely illus. Seller Inventory # 017495
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