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[Mapplethorpe, Robert. (1946–1989)] Wolf, Sylvia. (editor). Mapplethorpe: Polaroids. Munich & New York: Published by Prestel / Whitney Museum. 2007. First.
Hardcover. White slipcase with red lettering; white boards with red lettering and b&w photo illustration; 254 pp. A near fine copy of the first hardcover edition, lacking a dust-jacket (as issued), but with the publisher's sleeve. The text is wholly unmarked, pristine, and the binding bright and fresh in appearance. Sleeve outer edge opened, else fine. A handsome copy.
"Critically praised for his finely modeled and classically composed photographs, Mapplethorpe remains intensely controversial and enormously popular. Revealing the themes that would inspire Mapplethorpe throughout his career, this book brings together almost three hundred images, many never published, from the Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation's archive and private collections, to provide a critical view of Mapplethorpe's formative years as an artist. Included is a selection of his colour Polaroids and objects incorporating his early instant photographs. Some images convey a disarming tenderness and vulnerability, while others a toughness and immediacy that would give way in later years to more classical form. The author traces the development of Mapplethorpe's use of instant photography during a period of five years, from 1970 to 1975, when the artist worked mainly in this medium. The images include self-portraits, figure studies, still lifes, portraits of lovers and friends such as Patti Smith, Sam Wagstaff and Marianne Faithful and observations of everyday objects "
[Mapplethorpe, Robert. (1946–1989)] Wolf, Sylvia. (editor). Mapplethorpe: Polaroids. Munich & New York: Published by Prestel / Whitney Museum. 2007. First.
Hardcover. White slipcase with red lettering; white boards with red lettering and b&w photo illustration; 254 pp. A near fine copy of the first hardcover edition, lacking a dust-jacket (as issued), but with the publisher's sleeve. The text is wholly unmarked, pristine, and the binding bright and fresh in appearance. Sleeve outer edge opened, else fine. A handsome copy.
"Critically praised for his finely modeled and classically composed photographs, Mapplethorpe remains intensely controversial and enormously popular. Revealing the themes that would inspire Mapplethorpe throughout his career, this book brings together almost three hundred images, many never published, from the Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation's archive and private collections, to provide a critical view of Mapplethorpe's formative years as an artist. Included is a selection of his colour Polaroids and objects incorporating his early instant photographs. Some images convey a disarming tenderness and vulnerability, while others a toughness and immediacy that would give way in later years to more classical form. The author traces the development of Mapplethorpe's use of instant photography during a period of five years, from 1970 to 1975, when the artist worked mainly in this medium. The images include self-portraits, figure studies, still lifes, portraits of lovers and friends such as Patti Smith, Sam Wagstaff and Marianne Faithful and observations of everyday objects "