9781892041166

Book Description: Arena, 1999. Hardcover with dustjacket; unpaginated; very good condition; no internal marks. Foreign shipping may be extra for this book. Bookseller Inventory # RoMaAr100

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Book Description: Arena, San Francisco, 1999. Hard Cover. First Edition. Bookseller Inventory # 4005

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Book Description: Arena Editions 1899-12-30, 1899. Hardcover. Book Condition: good. First Edition. 1892041162. Bookseller Inventory # 566012

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Book Description: Santa Fe, NM: Arena Editions, 1999. Hardcover. Book Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 220 pages. Published in 1999. Posthumous collection of the photographer's sex pictures. One of the greatest photography books of the 20th century. Limited Edition of 2500 copies. It is widely believed that many of the copies were never actually printed because the publisher eventually went out of business. A brilliant production by James Crump: Oversize-volume format. Cloth boards with titles embossed on spine, as issued. Photographs by Robert Mapplethorpe. Essay by Ingrid Sischy. Printed on thick coated stock paper by EBS in Verona, Italy to the very highest standards. In publisher's original shrinkwrap. In pictorial DJ with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Presents Robert Mapplethorpe's most controversial images. Astounding in their juxtaposition of erotic drama and clarity of composition, the book demonstrates his most painfully, deeply, and shockingly explicit work. Because he achieved fame only towards the end of a career abruptly cut short by AIDS, many people think of Mapplethorpe as an Eighties icon. Although he began taking photographs in 1970, he remained a cult figure for the rest of his short life, achieved "breakthrough" status with "Black Book" (1986), then became unbelievably and notoriously world-famous, a cultural, not just a photographic, phenomenon, in 1988-89, when he fell ill with AIDS and died. A Mapplethorpe photograph is like the drawing or painting of a Master draftsman or artist: It is characterized by painstaking attention to detail, an impeccable eye, and an unerring sense of composition. The photographs are works achieved with the highest standards of artistic perfection and unsurpassed technical mastery. The Mapplethorpe "look" is both coolly iconic, sculptural, and geometric, and warmly transcendent, spiritual, and ethereal at the same time. The Introduction by the art critic/Interview Magazine editor Ingrid Sischy argues persuasively that unlike other photographers, Mapplethorpe was never interested in showing what he saw but rather in recording for posterity what he experienced, believed in, and ultimately died for. He and his tirelessly inventive sexual partners practiced what Genet and the other great European eroticists could only evoke in delirious reverie. An unflinching look at sex that will make even the most jaded viewer flinch, this is a "must-have" title for Robert Mapplethorpe collectors. This title has been out-of-print for a very long time and is now highly collectible. Copies are difficult to find because the publisher no longer exists. This is one of very few remaining copies still available online, is still in the publisher's original shrinkwrap, and has no flaws, a pristine beauty. A rare copy thus. 100 duotone plates. Robert Mapplethorpe's "Lady Lisa Lyon" (1983), "Black Book" (1986), and "Pictures" (1999) are regarded as three of the most important photography books of the 20th century. One of the most provocative and important photographers of the 20th century. A flawless collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE TITLES IN OUR CATALOG) ISBN 1892041162. no. Bookseller Inventory # 11236

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Book Description: Arena Editions, Santa Fe, New Mexico, U.S.A., 1999. Hard Cover. Book Condition: Nr. Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book in near fine, unmarked condition. D/W with two closed tears lower edge front panel (approx. 4.5cm each), smaller closed tear upper front spine fold, lower back panel, creasing to front inside flap (now protected)/. Bookseller Inventory # 017876

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Book Description: Good readable copy, might have high-lighting or markings inside, might be ex-library book. Bookseller Inventory # GD-106-26-4859814

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Book Description: Santa Fe, New Mexico, U.S.A.: Arena Editions, 1999. Hardcover. Book Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Offered here SEALED under publisher's wraps and in FINE condition is Robert Mapplethorpe's "Pictures," published in 1999 by Arena Editions.The book may have a minor bump to one corner or some wear to the dust jacket's corners, otherwise like new. It is still sealed under the original wraps and unread, and the contents are unaffected by the bump. This is a hardcover book with pictorial dust jacket. It contains 220 pages with 103 duotone plates and text in English. The book measures 9.25 x 11 inches. Robert Mapplethorpe was one of the truly great American photographers, and even today may reign as among the most controversial. Published 10 years after the Artist's death, “Pictures” presents some of Mapplethorpe's most shocking and explicit images. The book features an essay by Ingrid Sischy, former editor-in-chief of Interview Magazine. From the Publisher: "One of the most important artists to emerge in the last quarter century was Robert Mapplethorpe (1946-1989), whose bold photographs left a strong impression on society and culture. Known primarily for his refined aesthetic, Mapplethorpe created classical portraits, nudes, and still lifes that helped redefine photography as an art form at a time when the medium was floundering.". Bookseller Inventory # RM-P-abe

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Book Description: Arena Editions, 1899. Hardcover. Book Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First. 1.16 x 11.3 x 9.62 Inches; Mapplethorpe, Robert, and Dimitri Levas. Pictures. Arena Editions, 1999. Bookseller Inventory # 38426

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Book Description: Arena Editions, 1999. Hardcover. As New. 1st Edition, 1st Printing. 220 pages. Published in 1999. Posthumous collection of the photographer's most important work. One of the most valuable photography books of the 20th century. Limited Edition of 2500 copies. Precedes and should not be confused with all other susbequent editions. A splendid production by James Crump: Oversize-volume format. Cloth boards with titles on spine, as issued. Photographs by Robert Mapplethorpe. Essay by Ingrid Sischy. Printed on thick coated stock paper by EBS in Verona, Italy to the very highest standards.In pictorial DJ with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Presents the photographer's most controversial images, which were ultimately banned or cancelled in the course of a national tour and led to changes in the government's policy on erotic art sponsorship (for the worse, towards more censorship). Astounding in their juxtaposition of erotic drama and clarity of composition, the book demonstrates his most painfully, deeply, and shockingly explicit work. Because he achieved fame only towards the end of a career abruptly cut short by AIDS, many people think of Mapplethorpe as an Eighties icon. Although he began taking photographs in 1970, he remained a cult figure for the rest of his short life, achieved "breakthrough" status with "Black Book" (1986), then became unbelievably and notoriously world-famous, a cultural, not just a photographic, phenomenon, in 1988-89, when he fell ill with AIDS and died. A Mapplethorpe photograph is like the drawing or painting of a Master draftsman or artist: It is characterized by painstaking attention to detail, an impeccable eye, and an unerring sense of composition. The photographs are works achieved with the highest standards of artistic perfection and unsurpassed technical mastery. The Mapplethorpe "look" is both coolly iconic, sculptural, and geometric, and warmly transcendent, spiritual, and ethereal at the same time. The Introduction by the art critic/Interview Magazine editor Ingrid Sischy argues persuasively that unlike other photographers, Mapplethorpe was never interested in showing (to us, hopeless voyeurs) what he saw but rather in recording for posterity what he experienced, believed in, and ultimately died for. He and his tirelessly experimental and inventive sexual partners practiced what Genet and the other great European nihilists could only evoke in delirious reverie. An unflinching look at sex that will make even the most jaded viewer flinch, this is a "must-have" title for Robert Mapplethorpe collectors. This title has been out-of-print for a very long time. Copies are difficult to find because the publisher no longer exists. This is one of very few remaining copies still available online, is still in the publisher's original shrinkwrap, and has no flaws, a pristine beauty. A rare copy thus. 100 duotone plates. One of the most provocative and important photographers of the 20th century. A flawless collectible copy. 1750 gr. Bookseller Inventory # IP18

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