Cowboy Code, Signed (5 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Inscribed and signed by Wouter Deruytter in blue ink on the title page. Great black and white photographs of rodeo cowboys. The book has sound hinges and does not lean. Pages are clean without creases, marks, stains or wrinkles. There are a few tiny dark spots in the gutter between spine and back cover, otherwise, the book's exterior is clean. Two cover corners are each just slightly blunted right at the tip. The book's dust jacket is clean and is not price-clipped. It has slight wear to edges but no holes, chips or tears. There is one shallow linear dent of about 1.5" in the back panel of the jacket. (Note: Photos may show a flash reflection.) PayPal always welcome. We pack all our books with care and ship in cardboard boxes. Shipment outside of the United States may require extra funds. Additional photos emailed upon request. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Like New. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Second Edition. Signed by photographer Wouter Deruytter on title page. Belgian photographer Wouter Deruytter is well-known for his images of people in the masks and costumes of their identity -- from the time-traveling duo McDermott & McGough, to drag queens, to circus performers, and on and on. Now Deruytter has turned his attention to the American West. For the past three summers he has been photographing cowboys and small town rodeos in Montana.The rodeo cowboy is an omnipresent image in American culture, a modern-day folk hero and the subject of plays, movies, television, novels, and all the other arts. But in these photographs from small, noncommercial rodeos, Deruytter reveals something we have not seen in most other depictions. Cowboy Code is a collection of probably his most joyous and inspiring images, a book of cowboy knights who have traded tournaments for rodeos, helmets for hats, and armor for leather.Deruytter's cowboys, however, are not one-dimensional anachronisms. They tell a great mythic tale, but they also suggest several historical parallels and force us to remember vanishing things we like to think of as permanent American values. They carefully document the small-town rodeo, and finally they exude a sensuality and youthful elegance these cowboys may not be aware of. When we look at Deruytter's cowboys and rodeos, we know we are witnessing rituals. These are eloquent and sensual images that bring to light another side of the cowboy myth in America. Wouter Deruytter was born in Roeselare, Belgium, on February 1, 1967. Having attended the Royal Academy of Fine Art in Ghent, Deruytter went on to study with Nan Goldin, Duane Michals, and Bruce Weber as an international scholarship student at New York's ICP. Since that time he has exhibited in such prestigious venues as Marlborough Gallery, Robert Miller Gallery, and the Fondation Cartier. His publications include Brussels (1990), McDermott & McGough: Anachronism Abroad (1994), and Wouter Deruytter: Knights of the Impossible (1997). Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. (Santa Fe) (2000) Square 8vo. 1st edition. INSCRIBED by Deruytter on title page. Slightest of discoloration to top edge of back panel. Very mild bumping to bottom forecorners and joint ends. Light scruffing to edges of textblock. Leaves crisp. Blue ink inscription to page 72. 2 centimeter and 1 centimeter closed tearing to back bottom edge of DJ. Bumping to forecorners and back spine ends of DJ. Mild ripping to front bottom forecorner and front right bottom edge of DJ. Minor folding to back edges of DJ. Very slight staining to front top left and back bottom left of DJ. VG/VG. INSCRIBED.

Hardcover with dusjacket, Second Edition ****Signed by photographer Wouter Deruytter . ISBN 9789073920248. Belgian photographer Wouter Deruytter is well-known for his images of people in the masks and costumes of their identity -- from the time-traveling duo McDermott & McGough, to drag queens, to circus performers, and on and on. Now Deruytter has turned his attention to the American West. For the past three summers he has been photographing cowboys and small town rodeos in Montan 0 g.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. (2000). Square 8vo. 1st edition. SIGNED by Deruytter and Wood. Additionally INSCRIBED by Wood. Slightest discoloration to edges of end papers and pastedowns. Slight discoloration along spine of barley rubbed cloth covered boards with approx. 1/4in. wide line of discoloration runs the length of rear board near center. Slight bump with crease to rear board top edge. Slight offsetting to dust jacket verso. Slight bumping and scraping to forecorners and spine ends of rubbed, faintly scratched, and faintly soiled d.j. VG/VG. Author.