F. Holland Day: Suffering The Ideal by Day, F. Holland; James Crump - 1995

Santa Fe: Twin Palms, 1995. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. Fine/As New cloth-bound hardcover with a light bump to one tip and a thin red squiggle to the bottom edge of the text block at the heel (probably a remainder mark) in a clear mylar dust jacket, as issued. BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING, IN A BOX. F. Holland Day (1864-1933) was a photographer and publisher. He was of the Pictorialist movement, a rival of Stieglitz, and produced only platinum prints from his negatives and often only one print. He was widely assumed to be homosexual because his subject matter was often nude male youths. He is also remembered for a series of self-portraits of himself as Christ culminating in his crucifixion. This volume presents his most representative work in a beautiful production. Photographs by F. Holland Day; essay by James Crump. From an edition limited to 5000 copies. 144 pages; 86 four-color plates; 11 x 14 inches. Bibliography, annotated list of plates. Due to size and weight, international and expedited shipping will be more than quoted.