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Published by NEW YORK: Harper & Row, 1980, 1980
Seller: Billy Books, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Oversized Hc, VG/DJ. Fair to Good. First Edition, Stated, 10 x 13". Stunning book on Photography of the Nude (male and female) by giants of photographers in the world. From anonymous daguerrotypes to masterpieces of the 20th century - Stieglitz, Minor White, Mapplethorpe, etc. Photos done by fine artists as working aids like Degas, Thomas Eakins; Portfolio of 134 images, exquisitely reproduced. Essay by Robert Sobieszek "Addressing the Erotic: Reflections on the Nude Photography", Essay by Ben Maddow "Nude in a Social Landscape".
Published by Harper & Row, Publishers, New York, 1980
ISBN 10: 0060127082ISBN 13: 9780060127084
Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA, Wadsworth, IL, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 203 pages. Features a foreword by the editor Constance Sullivan along with essays by Robert Sobieszek and Ben Maddow. Includes 134 images of works by Nadar, Baron Wilhelm Von Gloeden, Thomas Eakins, Edward Steichen, Clarence H. White, Edward Weston, Dorothea Lange, E.J. Bellocq, Brassai, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Franttisek Drtikol, Paul Outerbridge, Man Ray, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Andre Kertesz, Harry Callahan, Frederick Sommer and numerous others. A clean very near fine copy in paper covered boards with a cloth spine in a near fine dust jacket with some light wear. A nice copy of a book that is very prone to wear.