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Stanko Abadžic
MARGINALIJE (Signed Copy)
2009
Book softbound
9 x 7-7/8 in. (229 x 200 mm)
Signed in ink on title fly page. Photos by Stanko Abadzic. Introduction by Zdarvko Zima. Published 2009, MeanderMedia. Softbound book has 127 pages, approximately 100 black-and-white plates. ISBN No. 978-953-7355-50-0. To quote book reviewer Matt Damsker: "Abadzic is Croatia's photo poet, arguably sans peer. When he captures a series of dolls, mannequins and the like in Prague or Zagreb, or handprints on Parisian walls, he suggests a sense of play and abstract delight that can't easily be translated into words. The loneliness of empty tables and chairs in the lengthening evening light is mitigated by the sight of a frothy latte left behind, or by the curlicues of ironwork shadows falling all around. If anything, Abadzic's random sights and humorous still lifes (a carefully composed dinner plate, for example, elegantly outfitted with a seashell and dice, and placed on a cushion of rich fabric) are so luminously exposed, wringing every ounce of shadow-and-lightplay, that they infer color and texture beyond their austere black-and-white dominion. Original, complicated, and busily inhabiting the frame, Abadzic's photography never fails to breathe, inviting us into these mundane and nearly surreal spaces, implying that there is room for us--and for dogs, babies and art--in his brave new Europe."
Price: $55 (ref. 12429)
MARGINALIJE (Signed Copy)
2009
Book softbound
9 x 7-7/8 in. (229 x 200 mm)
Signed in ink on title fly page. Photos by Stanko Abadzic. Introduction by Zdarvko Zima. Published 2009, MeanderMedia. Softbound book has 127 pages, approximately 100 black-and-white plates. ISBN No. 978-953-7355-50-0. To quote book reviewer Matt Damsker: "Abadzic is Croatia's photo poet, arguably sans peer. When he captures a series of dolls, mannequins and the like in Prague or Zagreb, or handprints on Parisian walls, he suggests a sense of play and abstract delight that can't easily be translated into words. The loneliness of empty tables and chairs in the lengthening evening light is mitigated by the sight of a frothy latte left behind, or by the curlicues of ironwork shadows falling all around. If anything, Abadzic's random sights and humorous still lifes (a carefully composed dinner plate, for example, elegantly outfitted with a seashell and dice, and placed on a cushion of rich fabric) are so luminously exposed, wringing every ounce of shadow-and-lightplay, that they infer color and texture beyond their austere black-and-white dominion. Original, complicated, and busily inhabiting the frame, Abadzic's photography never fails to breathe, inviting us into these mundane and nearly surreal spaces, implying that there is room for us--and for dogs, babies and art--in his brave new Europe."
Price: $55 (ref. 12429)
Stanko Abadžic
Stanko Abadžic (Signed Copy)
2007
Book softbound
8-1/4 x 9-1/4 in. (210 x 235 mm)
Signed in ink on title fly page. Published by Faktura, 2007. First edition of 252 pages with full heavy wraps. 100 black and white photographs by Abadzic are pictured. Biographical and other information on the photographer. Essay by Natasa Segota Lah. As I said for the fly wrap of this book, "Stanko Abadžic's photographs remind me of a fusion of the street work of Henri Cartier-Bresson and the mystery of Andre Kertesz's early Hungarian images. Abadžic's images have that Eastern European sensibility that manages to imply that there is a sense of magic and awe in ordinary events, while at the same time capturing the instant in time that makes great photography so fascinating.
Price: $65 (ref. 9442)
Stanko Abadžic (Signed Copy)
2007
Book softbound
8-1/4 x 9-1/4 in. (210 x 235 mm)
Signed in ink on title fly page. Published by Faktura, 2007. First edition of 252 pages with full heavy wraps. 100 black and white photographs by Abadzic are pictured. Biographical and other information on the photographer. Essay by Natasa Segota Lah. As I said for the fly wrap of this book, "Stanko Abadžic's photographs remind me of a fusion of the street work of Henri Cartier-Bresson and the mystery of Andre Kertesz's early Hungarian images. Abadžic's images have that Eastern European sensibility that manages to imply that there is a sense of magic and awe in ordinary events, while at the same time capturing the instant in time that makes great photography so fascinating.
Price: $65 (ref. 9442)
Kenneth Anger
Hollywood Babylon
1975
Book hardbound
10-3/8 x 7-1/2 in. (264 x 191 mm)
Straight Arrow Books, San Francisco, CA, 1975. Fine in Near Fine DJ. First Hardback, 294 pp. Kenneth Anger's legendary Hollywood Babylon was first published in France (as many other controversial American novels) by Jean-Jacques Pauvert in 1959. Running away from the States, Anger arrived in Paris in the late '50s, where he quickly met Jean Cocteau who introduced him to every one. Anger started a movie based on the famous sado-masochistic novel "Histoire d'O" which stopped after only six days shooting. Nevertheless, he had met his publisher, Jean-Jacques Pauvert. Hollywood Babylon has been a great influence to a lot of people, including numerous French writers.
Price: $75 (ref. 9169)
Hollywood Babylon
1975
Book hardbound
10-3/8 x 7-1/2 in. (264 x 191 mm)
Straight Arrow Books, San Francisco, CA, 1975. Fine in Near Fine DJ. First Hardback, 294 pp. Kenneth Anger's legendary Hollywood Babylon was first published in France (as many other controversial American novels) by Jean-Jacques Pauvert in 1959. Running away from the States, Anger arrived in Paris in the late '50s, where he quickly met Jean Cocteau who introduced him to every one. Anger started a movie based on the famous sado-masochistic novel "Histoire d'O" which stopped after only six days shooting. Nevertheless, he had met his publisher, Jean-Jacques Pauvert. Hollywood Babylon has been a great influence to a lot of people, including numerous French writers.
Price: $75 (ref. 9169)
Richard Avedon
Portraits
1976
Book (Signed Copy) hardbound
12 x 9 in. (305 x 229 mm)
[Publisher: New York Farrar, Straus and Giroux] 1976, 1st Edition Hardcover Fine First edition, first printing. Hardcover. White cloth-covered boards with title stamped in gray on spine, with photographically illustrated dust jacket. Photographs by Richard Avedon. Essay by Harold Rosenberg. Designed by Elizabeth Paul. Unpaginated (140 pp., plus three two-page and two three-page gatefolds), with 57 black and white plates printed by Sidney Rapaport. 12 x 9 inches. Out of print. Scarce. CONDITION: Fine in Fine dust jacket.
Price: $1,250 (ref. 12452)
Portraits
1976
Book (Signed Copy) hardbound
12 x 9 in. (305 x 229 mm)
[Publisher: New York Farrar, Straus and Giroux] 1976, 1st Edition Hardcover Fine First edition, first printing. Hardcover. White cloth-covered boards with title stamped in gray on spine, with photographically illustrated dust jacket. Photographs by Richard Avedon. Essay by Harold Rosenberg. Designed by Elizabeth Paul. Unpaginated (140 pp., plus three two-page and two three-page gatefolds), with 57 black and white plates printed by Sidney Rapaport. 12 x 9 inches. Out of print. Scarce. CONDITION: Fine in Fine dust jacket.
Price: $1,250 (ref. 12452)
Ruth Bernhard
The Eternal Body: A Collection of Fifty Nudes (Signed Copy)
1986
Book hardbound
0 x 0 in. (0 x 0 mm)
Photography West Graphics, Carmel, CA, 1986. Large oblong quarto. Decorated pink cloth. Mint in fine dust jacket, which has sunning (as is typical with this book; the inks faded quickly to the light green) on spine just into front cover and two light rubs, but is otherwise perfect. Warmly and boldly signed. A retrospective collection of Bernhard's work, an erotic photography classic and a magnificently produced and very beautiful book. In her introduction, Bernhard states: "In photographing the nude, it is my aim to transform the complexities of the figure into harmonies of simplified form. I have approached my work with the nude much as I create a still life, with patience and reverence. My quest through the magic of light and shadow, is to isolate, to simplify and to give emphasis to form with the greatest clarity." The 50 plates are arranged chronologically and span the years from 1934 to 1976 (list of plates at rear of book). Includes two essays by Margaretta K. Mitchell, one on photographing the nude and the other a brief biography of Bernhard. In this condition and signed, this is a very rare book.
Price: $650 (ref. 9142)
The Eternal Body: A Collection of Fifty Nudes (Signed Copy)
1986
Book hardbound
0 x 0 in. (0 x 0 mm)
Photography West Graphics, Carmel, CA, 1986. Large oblong quarto. Decorated pink cloth. Mint in fine dust jacket, which has sunning (as is typical with this book; the inks faded quickly to the light green) on spine just into front cover and two light rubs, but is otherwise perfect. Warmly and boldly signed. A retrospective collection of Bernhard's work, an erotic photography classic and a magnificently produced and very beautiful book. In her introduction, Bernhard states: "In photographing the nude, it is my aim to transform the complexities of the figure into harmonies of simplified form. I have approached my work with the nude much as I create a still life, with patience and reverence. My quest through the magic of light and shadow, is to isolate, to simplify and to give emphasis to form with the greatest clarity." The 50 plates are arranged chronologically and span the years from 1934 to 1976 (list of plates at rear of book). Includes two essays by Margaretta K. Mitchell, one on photographing the nude and the other a brief biography of Bernhard. In this condition and signed, this is a very rare book.
Price: $650 (ref. 9142)
Robert Bianchi
Robert Bianchi: Artist's Book
1988<
Giclee prints in book format
16 x 12 in. (406 x 305 mm)
The book is 16 x 12 in., in its own clam shell box, and is edition 3, version 4. The pair are cloth bound and the book itself was fabricated in Prague. There are 16 image pages in the book plus one on the cover. Two of the image pages are fold outs: one with two images, the other with five images. The book also comes with one image which is lose and meant to be removed for hanging. That image is printed 10 x 8 in. (on 8-1/2 x 11 in. paper) and is signed and made as a special book edition number 1 of 5. There are three versions of the book, each with edition of 5, (all three versions are different). The book itself is also signed and editioned. The prints are all Giclee prints. There are 21 images in the book plus the cover and the removable print for a total of 23 pictures. Most of the photographs were first shot in black and white and then colored in the computer.
Price: $4,500 (ref. 11212)
Robert Bianchi: Artist's Book
1988<
Giclee prints in book format
16 x 12 in. (406 x 305 mm)
The book is 16 x 12 in., in its own clam shell box, and is edition 3, version 4. The pair are cloth bound and the book itself was fabricated in Prague. There are 16 image pages in the book plus one on the cover. Two of the image pages are fold outs: one with two images, the other with five images. The book also comes with one image which is lose and meant to be removed for hanging. That image is printed 10 x 8 in. (on 8-1/2 x 11 in. paper) and is signed and made as a special book edition number 1 of 5. There are three versions of the book, each with edition of 5, (all three versions are different). The book itself is also signed and editioned. The prints are all Giclee prints. There are 21 images in the book plus the cover and the removable print for a total of 23 pictures. Most of the photographs were first shot in black and white and then colored in the computer.
Price: $4,500 (ref. 11212)