Description: Avedon: Photographs 1947-1977 Richard Avedon Signed Richard Avedon Harold Brodkey, Preface Farrar, Straus and Giroux, NY. Stated First Edition. 1978. Hardcover. Acetate DJ with facsimile signature. ISBN: 0374232008. Very Good in an acceptable DJ. SIGNED by Richard Avedon on the reverse side of the first free endpaper. Inscribed on the front side of the first free endpaper. DJ lightly soiled and rubbed w/ heavy wear and several tears and large chips to the DJ front and side edge. Some creasing. Chips extend from the DJ top edge right side, and go halfway down the DJ front cover. Substantial sunning to the spine and to a one inch band to the DJ front cover. Some light scratches and creasing. Not price clipped. Text is clean, binding tight and solid, boards clean with light wear present. Lower right hand corner bumped. Internally, prior owner stamp to front pastedown. Otherwise, unmarked. Clean and bright. Hint of tanning to the page edges. Folio. With an essay and preface by Harold Brodkey. This stunning collection of Avedon's early work illustrates his belief that "all photographs are accurate. None of them is truth..." Avedon revolutionized the 20th-century art of fashion photography, imbuing it with touches of both gritty realism and outrageous fantasy and instilling it with a relentlessly experimental drive. In 1978 he appeared on the cover of Newsweek while a retrospective exhibition of his work was on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York Times). Critics praised this work as "superbly produced, and its juxtapositions of striking images from different periods well demonstrate Avedon's range, wit and technical brilliance" (New York Review of Books). See Roth, 148; Parr & Badger I:252, II:38. Published with an opening of a retrospective exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book includes gorgeous full page duotone photographs of a number of celebrities, including Renata Adler, Marisa Berenson, Cyd Charisse, Anjelica Houston, John Houston, Lauren Hutton, Bianca Jagger, Janis Joplin, Sophia Loren, Bette Midler, Jeanne Moreau, Mike Nichols, Suzy Parker, Yves Saint Laurent, Tina Turner, Twiggy, Gloria Vanderbilt, Diana Vreeland, Marlene Dietrich, Dovima, Dior, Brigitte Bardot, Joan Baez, Lauren Bacall, the Duchess of Alba, Cecil Beaton, Gabrielle Chanel, Galanos, Gres, Dolores Guinness, Audrey Hepburn, Katharine Hepburn, Lena Horne, Elizabeth Taylor, Jean Shrimpton, Marilyn Monroe, Veruschka, Zouzou, and many, many others. SIGNED by Richard Avedon. Proud to own. A wonderful and fascinating book and a true collector's item. Unpaginated. 162 full and double paged photographs. A nice copy.
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Topic: Photography: Monographs
Binding: Hardcover w/Jacket
Origin: American
Country of Manufacture: United States
Printing Year: 1978
Subject: Art & Photography
3rd Level Category: Monographs
Special Attributes: Signed, 1st Edition, Dust Jacket, Illustrated
