Encompassing all aspects of Robert Mapplethorpe's photographic career, this book begins with his earliest unpublished Polaroid pictures, and continues with portraits of friends through to his more well-known works. By the photographer of "Lady, Lisa Lyon", "Robert Mapplethorpe" and "Some Women".
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Encompassing all aspects of Robert Mapplethorpe's photographic career, this book begins with his earliest unpublished Polaroid pictures, and continues with portraits of friends through to his more well-known works. By the photographer of "Lady, Lisa Lyon", "Robert Mapplethorpe" and "Some Women".
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Robert Mapplethorpe. Fine. A star studded and powerful collection of portraits by photographer Robert Mapplethorpe. A first edition copy. Â Robert Mapplethorpe created portraits of iconic figures in the art and music world whilst also capturing powerful and moving self-portraits. This volume is a stunning collection of portraits by the photographer with an essay by Peter Conrad. Some of the portraits are of Willem de Kooning, Patti Smith, David Hockney and Andy Warhol. His portraits are challenging, confrontational yet personal and insightful, giving the viewer access to the subject. Â With ninety one plates. Â Collated, complete. In the original paper back binding. Externally, excellent with a small crease to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Fine.
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Used-Good. Good paperback. Spine creased. Binding a little uneven but secure. Published to accompany Hayward Gallery exhibition of Robert Mapplethorpe.
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Good. Size: 0x0x0; Sturdy large paperback, general shelf wear to covers, crease through middle spine, book structurally solid, no markings or writing within text. CC.
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Very Good. May have light to moderate shelf wear and/or a remainder mark. Complete. Clean pages. "Second Printing. 4to, 382pgs. Full bound in grey linen with blind stamped titling on front board and silver stamped titling on spine housed in pictorial slipcase matching dustjacket. Book is solid and interior is clean and bright, with full page images of classic Mapplethorpe. Front pictorial side panel of slipcase has light toning around edges, rear panel has swallow scratch at tail edge and top back corner is slightly bumped, else slipcase is fine. Includes essay by Arthur Danto."
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Very good. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 4to. 382 pages. Definitive collection of Robert Mapplethorpe's black-and-white photographs, drawing on the full range of his work, from the early polaroids to the haunting self-portraits taken shortly before he died. It was prepared in collaboration with the Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation, which was established by the artist to provide funds for AIDS research and photographic projects. Original publisher's ale grey cloth covered boards with silver embossed lettering on the spine and plain embossed lettering on the front board. Very heavy, and delivery costs may be a consideration especially outside Britain. ISBN: 9780224036054 Fine in fine dust jacket.
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Good Minus in Very Good jacket. 4to. Reprinted 1995. In slipcase which has light wear. Some general bumping and edgewear etc, unfortunatley, perhaps due to the weight, the gutters have cracked throughout and the textblock is shaken. The pages themselves, however, are in good clean condition.
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Very Good. New York: Random House, 1992. 1st edition. 4to hardcover. 382pp. Illustrations. Near Fine book. Near Fine dust jacket. With remainder mark. (Erotic Photography, Portraits) Inquire if you need further information. NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.
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Near fine/near fine. Quarto. 31cm x 30cm. 382pp. A very nice copy in dust jacket. Stated first edition. Some spotting to top foredges. The definitive collection of Mapplethorp's black and white photographs.
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Fine in Near Fine jacket. Square Quarto. 400pp. Gray cloth boards, blindstamped, embossed silver lettering on the spine. Hundred of black and white photographs from his early Polairoid works to his death. The book is as new. Unclipped pictorial jacket is like new in a mylar sleeve. Housed in a black and white pictorial slipcase which has discoloration on the upper corner. Laid in is an article on Mapplethorpe from Newsweek, July 25, 1988 ""This is the definitive collection of Mapplethorpe's black-and-white photographs, drawing on the full range of his work, from the early Polaroids to the haunting self-portraits taken shortly before he died. It has been prepared in collaboration with the Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation, which was established by the artist to provide funds for AIDS research and photographic projects."
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Acceptable. New York: Random House, 1992. 1st edition. 4to. 382pp. Illus. Fair book. Very Good dust jacket. Slipcase missing, else Very Good all around. (artistic photography, erotic photography, portrait photography, criticism and interpretation) Inquire if you need further information. NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.
