WOUTER DERUYTTER: COWBOY CODE - Rare Pristine Copy of The First Hardcover Edition/First Printing: Signed, Placed, And Dated (In The Year of Publication) by Wouter Deruytter

Deruytter, Wouter (Artist/Photographer) & Wood, John (Contributor)

ISBN 10: 1892041340 / ISBN 13: 9781892041340

Published by Santa Fe, NM: Arena Editions, 2000, 2000

About this Item

1st Printing. Signed. 148 pages. Published in 2000. The photographer's fourth collection. Wouter Deruytter's very first title to be published in the United States. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions, particularly the Second Edition. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. A brilliant production by James Crump and Elsa Kendall: Oversize-volume format. Brown cloth boards with titles embossed on cover and spine, as issued. Photographs by Wouter Deruytter. Essay by John Wood. Printed on pristine-whtie, thick uncoated stock paper by EBS in Verona, Italy to the highest standards. The reproduction quality is exemplary in every respect. In pictorial DJ with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Presents Wouter Deruytter's "Cowboy Code". His homage to the American Cowboy. The great American writer Annie Proulx ("Brokeback Mountain") has convincingly suggested that the cowboy may have a steady girlfriend or full-fledged wife, but his deepest bonds are with other cowboys. "Well-known for his images of people in the masks and costumes of their identities, from the time-traveling duo McDermott & McGough to drag queens to circus performers, Deruytter has turned his attention to the American West. The rodeo cowboy is an omnipresent image in American culture, a modern-day folk hero and the subject of plays, movies, television, novels and all the other arts. But in these photographs from small, non-commercial rodeos, Deruytter brings to light a more homemade image than what we have become accustomed to. Deruytter's cowboys are not one-dimensional anachronisms: They tell a great mythic tale but they also suggest several historical parallels and force us to remember vanishing things we like to think of as permanent American values. They exude a sensuality and youthful elegance these cowboys may not be aware of" (John Wood). An absolute "must-have" title for Wouter Deruytter collectors. This copy is very boldly, elaborately, and beautifully signed, placed, and dated (in the year of publication) in blue ink-pen on the title page by the photographer: "Wouter Deruytter NYC 2000". It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is a contemporary art photography classic. As far as we know, this is the only such signed, placed, and publication-year dated copy of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: Precedes and should NOT be confused with the Second Edition. Copies available online have serious flaws. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare signed copy thus. 70 duotone plates. One of the most brilliant artist/photographers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER WOUTER DERUYTTER TITLES IN OUR CATALOG) ISBN 1892041340.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: WOUTER DERUYTTER: COWBOY CODE - Rare Pristine Copy of The First Hardcover Edition/First Printing: Signed, Placed, And Dated (In The Year of Publication) by Wouter Deruytter
• Publisher: Santa Fe, NM: Arena Editions, 2000
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1892041340
• ISBN 13: 9781892041340
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: As New
• Signed: Signed by Author

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Synopsis

The book is brand new and will be dispatched from UK.