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ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE: CERTAIN PEOPLE: A BOOK OF PORTRAITS - SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE PHOTOGRAPHER

ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE: CERTAIN PEOPLE: A BOOK OF PORTRAITS - SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE PHOTOGRAPHER

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ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE: CERTAIN PEOPLE: A BOOK OF PORTRAITS - SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE PHOTOGRAPHER

by (MAPPLETHORPE, ROBERT). Mapplethorpe, Robert & Susan Sontag

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(MAPPLETHORPE, ROBERT). Mapplethorpe, Robert & Susan Sontag. ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE: CERTAIN PEOPLE: A BOOK OF PORTRAITS - SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE PHOTOGRAPHER. Signed Presentation Copy from the Photographer. Pasadena: Twelvetrees Press, 1985. First Edition 1/5000. 4to. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Near Fine/Very Good. np (112pp), 93 illustrations in monochrome gravure. Designed by Dimitri Levas. "Mapplethorpe’s portraits taken over the past ten years are exquisitely presented in gravure. His undeniable strength of vision is apparent in all styles of portraiture shown, ranging from stark studio shots of celebrities to environmental portraits of children. Here are many of his well-known images, including the self-portraits, as well as lesser-known work. Susan Sontag’s short essay on portraiture adds insight to the "Mapplethorpe mystique". A handsome example of the 1985 Twelvetrees Press first edition of what what was the first mnongraph on the iconic late photographer additionally INSCRIBED "for Nick - / Robert Mapplethorpe '86" in black ink on the half title page showing light soiling along with a tiny bit of insect damage to the edges of the textblock. 0-942642-14-7 Inventory Number: 026146

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Germano Celant is a renowned art historian, critic, and theoretician; he has served as the curator of hundreds of exhibitions worldwide and has published more than one hundred books and catalogs. Director of the Fondazione Prada, Milan, since 1995, Celant is also the curator of the Fondazione Aldo Rossi in Milan and the Fondazione Emilio e Annabianca Vedova in Venice. A longtime contributing editor to Artforum and Interview magazine, he writes regular columns for the Italian magazines l'Espresso and Interni.

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Bookseller's Inventory #
026146
Title
ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE: CERTAIN PEOPLE: A BOOK OF PORTRAITS - SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE PHOTOGRAPHER
Author
(MAPPLETHORPE, ROBERT). Mapplethorpe, Robert & Susan Sontag
Format/Binding
Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket
Book Condition
Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition
Very Good
Edition
First Edition 1/5000
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 10
0942642147
ISBN 13
9780942642148
Publisher
Twelvetrees Press
Place of Publication
Pasadena
Date Published
1985
Keywords
Robert Mapplethorpe, Susan Sontag, Erotic Nude Figure Photography, Photo Monograph, Erotica, Queer / LGBTQ+, Gay Interest, Gender Studies, Literature And Fiction, Signed Book Books,

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