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Observations. Observations (1959), essay by Truman Capote (1959), essay by Truman Capote
2 de ago. de 2022 · Avedon first photographed Capote in 1949. Then, in 1959, the two collaborated on Avedon’s first book, Observations, a collection of portraits of celebrities, including opera singer Marian Anderson, painter Pablo Picasso and marine scientist and explorer Jacques Cousteau.
13 de oct. de 2020 · While the 550+ page book is as monumental as one of Avedon’s wall-size portraits—it’s equally rich in telling details. I was already an Avedon disciple, but Gefter had me considering certain artistic prejudices I’d not realized were in me. Rare is the book that has you examining yourself as much as its subject.
- Philip Gefter
26 de sept. de 2008 · 1st Edition - Hardcover - Simon and Schuster, New York - 1959 - Dust Jacket Included - First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 151 pages. Avedon's landmark first book, a collaboration with Capote who supplies the text. A striking collection of full-bleed black and white images.
Truman Capote contributes Comments on the black & white photographs of Richard Avedon. The book was of course designed by the incomparable Alexander Brodovitch. Large folio, 15" high X 11" wide, 151 pages. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
NY: Simon and Schuster, 1959. Avedon, Richard. First edition. Folio, 151 pp., b&w plates. Printed glazed boards. A very good, bright copy, but for a few slight spots on the front board, a faint foxing on the front and rear endpapers. Housed in the publisher's slipcase that is moderately worn and soiled, with a partial crack at the joint of the front panel and spine. Item #52513
Item #50011 Tight and quite lovely first edition of the first book by the fashion and portrait photographer (1924-2003), accompanied by Capote's provocative text. While copies signed by Avedon and/or Capote are especially desirable, this unusual extra-illustrated copy bears bold signatures of six of the photographer's celebrity subjects in ink on fine, matching heavy stock 5" X 3" cards tipped ...
