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Richard Avedon: Photographs, 1947-1977 First edition, signed by Avedon, with 162 full-page photographs |
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“Avedon gravitates to those moments in which the oscillation between pretense and revelation is most intense... Each photograph is a confession—by him, by the sitter, by the process of photography: and the conspiracy of confession has here a gaiety—and often a ribald or impassioned or implicated sarcasm—a sexuality, a wryness, a madness, a madness of love and excitement—that is purposefully movement, moving, a dance and a confession—a defiance: a form of meaning.” –Harold Brodkey |
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First edition, signed and inscribed by Richard Avedon on front free endpaper: “For David and [Iris?]with love Dick”. Illustrated with 162 full-page photographs by Avedon of Lauren Bacall, Joan Baez, Brigitte Bardot, Marlene Dietrich, Audrey Hepburn, Katherine Hepburn, Lena Horne, Anjelica Huston, Janis Joplin, Sophia Loren, Bette Midler, Marilyn Monroe, Paloma and Claude Picasso, Yves Saint Laurent, Elizabeth Taylor, Tina Turner, Twiggy, Gloria Vanderbilt, and many others. With introduction by Harold Brodkey. Book near-fine; a few chips and some edge-toning to acetate. additional images- book with acetate, inscription (over two pages), please click to enlarge:
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