Richard Avedon ‘Portraits’ Hardcover Slipcase Book, 2002, by Hambourg, Maria Morris and Mia Fineman. Foreword by Philippe de Montebello

USD$250.

Photo-illustrated paper over boards, in slipcase. Accordion fold, with text on one side and portraits on the other [portraits occupying nearly every panel] and bound between two photographically illustrated laminated boards, in a photographically illustrated slipcase. Profusely illustrated with 33 tritone plates, and 23 additional black and white reference illustrations. Foreword by Philippe de Montebello. Essays by Maria Morris Hambourg, Mia Fineman and Richard Avedon.

Published on the occasion of the 2002 exhibition “Richard Avedon Portraits,” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. “With its innovative accordion-style design and superb reproductions, the book is a virtual stand-alone mini-exhibition in its own right.”. . This volume is in pristine condition, unmarked, unread, tight, square and clean.

Richard Avedon, Richard Avedon Portraits, Harry N. Abrams, Inc. and The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2002

Book with slip cover and Avedon self-portrait (1980)   A wonderful catalogue for a show of Avedon’s work at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York from September 26, 2002 to January 5, 2003. One side includes a long essay by Maria Morris Hambourg (curator of the Met’s Department of Photographs) and Mia Fineman. Also included is an insightful essay by Avedon himself. The other side of the accordion is taken up with 30 of the portraits that were in the show. This publication really utilizes the panoramic qualities inherent in the accordion format to create an expansive mini-exhibition of Avedon’s powerful and always slightly disturbing portraits.   32 individual pages 10.5″ x 8.5,” and fully extended 24′ 1″

 
 

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