9780821223765
Lillian Bassman
Lillian Bassman; Catherine Chermayeff; Nan Richardson; Martin Harrison; Kathy McCarver Mnuchin
ISBN 13: 9780821223765
Publisher: Bulfinch Pr
Publication Date: 1997
Binding: Hardcover
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This monograph of Bassman's legendary work - the first ever published - presents the romantic, experimental visions, seen mostly in Harper's Bazaar, that brought a sophisticated new aesthetic to print photography. Yet the story of Bassman's life and newfound celebrity at age eight and the extraordinary tale of how her work survived are as remarkable as the images themselves. From the 1940s to the 1960s Bassman was at fashion's cutting edge, working as both art director and photographer. At Junior Bazaar she worked with young photographers like Richard Avedon, Robert Frank, Louis Faurer, Arnold Newman and Paul Himmel. Then, under Russian emigre and Modernist guru Alexey Brodovitch (and while using George Hoyningen-Huene's darkroom), Bassman started to shoot pictures herself - diffuse, moody images with an idiosyncratic vocabulary of gestures, and an unsettling edge. Bassman soon was in constant demand and, in addition to her editorial work, shot advertising campaigns for clients like Chanel and Balenciaga. By the 1970s, Bassman's interest in pure form began to clash with fashion's changing aesthetic. Her increasing disenchantment with fashion as an industry led her to abandon commercial photography for personal projects instead. In a bold attempt to free herself creatively from the past, she jettisoned forty years of negatives and prints - her life's work. Over twenty years later, luck resurrected a forgotten bag, brimful of hundreds of images. Now, Bassman is enjoying a resurgence at fashion's forefront, with exhibitions at museums and art galleries in New York, Paris, London, and Milan, several portfolios in the New York Times Magazine, the coveted Neiman Marcus campaign, and an upcoming 1997 retrospective exhibition at the Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, that plans to travel to Germany and Milan. This long-awaited monograph, presenting both past and recent work, is not only a tribute to a great talent in the annals of fashion and photography but also the story of an indomitable creative personality.
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Lillian Bassman (ISBN: 0821223763 / 0-8212-2376-3) Bassman, Lillian;Chermayeff, Catherine;Richardson, Nan;Harrison, Martin;Mnuchin, Kathy McCarver Quantity Available: 1
Book Description: Bulfinch Pr, 1997. Hardcover. Book Condition: Acceptable. yellowing pages, scuffed/scratched & yellowing dust jacket, lots of shelf wear, marks on page edges, Bookseller Inventory # mon0000074738 Bookseller & Payment Information | More Books from this Seller | Ask Bookseller a Question |
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Book Description: Bulfinch Press 1997-06, 1997. Hardcover. Book Condition: good. 0821223763. Bookseller Inventory # 548005 Bookseller & Payment Information | More Books from this Seller | Ask Bookseller a Question |
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Book Description: Bulfinch Press, New York, New York, U.S.A., 1997. First Edition. Remainder mark at tope edge, slight wear at edges of jacket, slight wear to covers, near very good in jacket. Illustrated. Bookseller Inventory # 016253 Bookseller & Payment Information | More Books from this Seller | Ask Bookseller a Question |
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Book Description: Bulfinch Pr. Hardcover. Book Condition: Good. 0821223763 Used, in good condition. Book only. May have interior marginalia or previous owner's name. We are an actual bricks & mortar bookstore!. Bookseller Inventory # 0821223763 Bookseller & Payment Information | More Books from this Seller | Ask Bookseller a Question |
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Book Description: Little Brown, New York, New York, U.S.A., 1997. Hard Cover. Book Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Small Folio. 73pgs. Dark gray cloth, silver lettering.75 Black and white photographs. Toning to the page edges,doesn't affect the photographs. Otherwsie fine, unmarked copy. Unclipped illustrated jacket shows toning to lower edges. in fresh mylar sleeve. Laid in is a promotional booklet with several photos from the book. Fashion photography, in particular, has long been served by artists who stretch the idea of costume, form, situation, and emotion. Bassman used those elements with striking results, achieving enormous fame in the 1940s through the 1960s. Bookseller Inventory # 107099 Bookseller & Payment Information | More Books from this Seller | Ask Bookseller a Question |
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Book Description: Bulfinch Press / Little Brown and Company, Boston, 1997. Hardcover. Book Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Gray cloth-covered boards with title stamped in silver on spine; with photographically illustrated dust jacket. Photographs by Lillian Bassman. Essay by Martin Harrison. Edited by Catherine Chermayeff, Kathy McCarver Mnuchin and Nan Richardson. Includes a chronology, list of plates and a bibliography. Unpaginated (104 pp.), with 75 duotone plates and additional illustrations beautifully printed on heavy matt paper. 13-1/4 x 10-3/8 inches. CONDITION: Fine in Near Fine dust jacket (light stray surface marks, faint sunning to top rear edge and slight wear to the extremities, else Fine). From Richard Avedon: "It's magical what she does. No one else in the history of photography has made visible that heart-breaking invisible place between the appearance and disappearance of things.". Bookseller Inventory # 108211 Bookseller & Payment Information | More Books from this Seller | Ask Bookseller a Question |
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Book Description: Bulfinch Press, 646, 1997. Hardcover. Book Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 4to. Bulfinch Press. 1997. 73 pgs. 75 illustrations in duotone. First Edition/First Printing. Illustrated with black and white plates. DJ in VG shape with light shelfwear (dulling to the glossiness of the DJ) present to the DJ. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks, binding tight and solid, boards clean with no wear present. From the inside front flap: "Among the masters of fashion photography Lillian Bassman reigns today as the doyenne, one of the last great women photographers of the postwar period. This monograph o Bassman's legendary work - the first ever published - presents the romantic, experimental visions, seem mostly in Harper's Bazaar, that brought a sophisticated new aesthetic to print photography." Photos sent upon request. Bx646 ; 0.8 x 13.1 x 10.6 Inches; 73 pages. Bookseller Inventory # 20426 Bookseller & Payment Information | More Books from this Seller | Ask Bookseller a Question |
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