Mark Morrisroe (Portfolio)
by MORRISROE, Mark and Nan Goldin
- Used
- first
- Condition
- A fine copy, including original tissue guards. Scarce, with no OCLC records located. An elegant memorial.
- Seller
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East Hampton, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Pat Hearn Gallery / Renaissance Press, 1996. A fine copy, including original tissue guards. Scarce, with no OCLC records located. An elegant memorial.. First Edition. Folio. A posthumous portfolio of 12 photogravure plates derived from the intimate photographs of Mark Morrisroe (1959-1989); produced by Pat Hearn Gallery (New York), where Morrisroe received his first solo exhibition in 1986. Each of the plates (4.5 x 3.5 in.) printed to handmade sheets (15 x 11.5 in.) and hand-numbered as 11/46 to verso by the Morrisroe Estate. The suite introduced by a statement from Nan Goldin, celebrating her old friend and colleague as "Boston's first punk." The photographs, dating between 1978 and 1986, include two nude self-portraits, portraits of lovers and friends, and a few still lifes. Housed in publisher's cloth clamshell case with leather lettering piece to front panel.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Harper's Books, Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 30354
- Title
- Mark Morrisroe (Portfolio)
- Author
- MORRISROE, Mark and Nan Goldin
- Book Condition
- Used - A fine copy, including original tissue guards. Scarce, with no OCLC records located. An elegant memorial.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- New York: Pat Hearn Gallery / Renaissance Press
- Date Published
- 1996
Terms of Sale
Harper's Books, Inc.
Books may be returned for any reason within two weeks provided they are received in the same condition as they were sent.
About the Seller
Harper's Books, Inc.
Biblio member since 2009
East Hampton, New York
About Harper's Books, Inc.
Harper's Books, founded in 1997, is a bookshop and photography gallery located in East Hampton, New York. We are one of the world's leading dealers in photographic literature, with particular emphasis placed on association copies and landmark books presented in exceptional condition. In addition to our book business, we maintain a gallery space where photographs are exhibited in concert with books. Harper's Books is a member of the ABAA, and the only American rare book dealer chosen to exhibit yearly at Paris Photo.
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