OBSERVATIONS (SIGNED BY RICHARD AVEDON)

Avedon, Richard and Truman Capote

Published by Simon & Schuster, New York, 1959

About this Item

Large Folio (14 1/2 in. x 11 in.), boards white with grey lettering, protected by mylar, which shows a small tear to the portion covering top of spine, and one crease to rear flap. The Book Itself shows A bit of very light shelfwear to edges, but all in all, solid, bright copy of this 65 year old book. INSCRIBED by Richard Avedon ("For J.M. Gantz/Best Wishes/Avedon 64"). Designed by Alexey Brodovitch. The Slipcase shows rubbing to spinecaps, and a closed split to bottom of spine (right edge). Photos include Charles Chaplin, John Huston, Alfred Hitchcock, Marian Anderson, Gloria Vanderbilt, The Duke and Dutchess of Windsor, Leonard Bernstein, T.S. Eliot, Arthur Miller, Pablo Picasso, Marcel Duchamp, Jean Cocteau, Captain Cousteau, Marilyn Monroe, Lena Horne, Mae West, Judy Garland, Igor Stravinsky, Wanda Landowska, Katharine Hepburn, Brigette Bardot, Louis Armstrong, Humphrey Bogart, Buster Keaton, Charles Laughton, Jimmy Durante, Georgia O'Keeffe, Frank Lloyd Wright, Marianne Moore, Eudora Welty, Carson McCullers, Ezra Pound, W. Somerset Maugham, Isak Dinesen, Robert Oppenheimer, Truman Capote and others.

Seller Inventory # 87723

Bibliographic Details

• Title: OBSERVATIONS (SIGNED BY RICHARD AVEDON)
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster, New York
• Publication Date: 1959
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good Plus in Good Plus
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