This pocket-size catalogue of the American artist Joel-Peter Witkin's inimitable work includes a selection of more than 50 astonishing photographs, a collection that expresses the artist's unique point of view on an extraordinary segment of humanity. Witkin's powerful and transgressive images are renowned for their depiction of outsiders including dwarves, transsexuals, hermaphrodites and physically deformed people. They are equally appreciated for their high aesthetic refinement, referencing classical paintings, Baroque ...
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This pocket-size catalogue of the American artist Joel-Peter Witkin's inimitable work includes a selection of more than 50 astonishing photographs, a collection that expresses the artist's unique point of view on an extraordinary segment of humanity. Witkin's powerful and transgressive images are renowned for their depiction of outsiders including dwarves, transsexuals, hermaphrodites and physically deformed people. They are equally appreciated for their high aesthetic refinement, referencing classical paintings, Baroque art, Surrealism and other genres including still lifes and religious episodes. Witkin has said that his vision and sensibility were initiated by an episode he witnessed as a small child--a car accident in front of his house in which a little girl was decapitated. He has also said that problems in his family were an influence: his Jewish father and Catholic mother parted over religious differences.
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Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. Unpaginated with 42 large duotone plates. Some minor wear to the title page. Minor chipping and wear to the corners and edge of the black dustjacket cover now protected with a Mylar cover. First edition limited to 4, 000 copies. Book design by Jack Woody. Afterword by Joel-Peter Witkin. Biography and Select Bibliogrpahy. Size: 12" x 12"
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Fine in Fine jacket. A pristine copy of the uncommon 1985 signed/limited of Joel-Peter Witkin's first monograph. #71 OF ONLY 100 COPIES SIGNED BY JOEL-PETER WITKIN on the title page. Tight and Fine in a crisp, Fine dustjacket. Square quarto, Witkin's richly-developed, beguiling black-and-white photos thruout. Also includes a sturdy, Near Fine example of the publisher's dark-cloth slipcase.
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New. 050041095X. *** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request ***-*** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT-Flawless copy, brand new, pristine, never opened--144 pages; 64 photographs. --with a bonus offer--
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New. 8888359257. *** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request ***-*** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT-Flawless copy, brand new, pristine, never opened--Text in Italian and English. 96 pp.; 104 illustrations. --with a bonus offer--