Bill Henson: Mnemosyne Tapa dura - 2005

Hardcover, Scalo, 2005, Zurich-Berlin-New York
Art Gallery of New South Wales Sydney
Printed in Germany
A truly beautiful book with a minor wear apparent to dust jacket. Otherwise unmarked throughout.
Hundreds of Black & White and Colour photographs. Text in English. From the publisher: "Sometimes, but very rarely these days, one can announce a real discovery in contemporary photography ' a book that will emphatically place its author on the international map on the same level as such giants of photography as Robert Frank and Nan Goldin. After the international success of Lux et Nox Scalo is proud and excited to announce the definitive mid-life retrospective book on Australian artist Bill Henson. The book combines all groups of work that Henson has created up to the present: from his early Ballet pictures (1974), to his body and nude portraits (1977'1986), from his photographs of street-crowds (1979'1982) to his Baroque Triptychs (1983'84), from his fantastic combinations of pictures taken in the… Leer más

Switzerland: Scalo Verlag Ac, 2005. 1st Edition. Hardcover. About Fine/About Fine. Square 4to. Hardcover book with complete DJ. Vastly illustrated in colour and b/w. Clean, unmarked, and square.

(HENSON, BILL). Henson, Bill. BILL HENSON: MNEMOSYNE. Zurich, SWITZERLAND, Berlin, New York & Sydney: Scalo & Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2005. First Edition. Oblong Small Folio. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Fine/Fine. 504pp, profusely illustrated in color. Designed by Steidl Design, Claas Moller and Bernard Fischer. With an exhibition checklist, exhibition history and bibliography. "Mnemosyne" is noted Australian photographer Bill Henson's massive hardbound, career-spanning monograph published in conjunction with a 2005 Art Gallery of New South Wales retrospective. It contains over four hundred beautiful reproductions, brief texts by Judy Annear, Jennie Boddington, Edmund Capon, Dennis Cooper, Peter Craven, Isobel Crombie, John Forbes, Michael Heyward, Alwynne Mackie, David Malouf, Bernice Murphy, and Peter Schjeldahl, and an interview with Bill Henson by Sebastian Smee. A brand new, most handsome example. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are… Leer más

Scalo, 2005. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. Scalo, Zurich 2005. Hardcover in pictorial dust jacket. First Edition, First Printing. Oversized. 501 pages with with numerous black & white and color photographic reproductions throguhout. Includes essays from Judy Annear, Jennie Boddington, David Malouf, Bernice Murphy, Peter Schjeldahl, Dennis Cooper, Sebastian Smee and others. This sumptuous tome accompanied an exhibition assembled by the Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney in 2005. BOOK CONDITION: Fine; a solid, tight, clean copy; in a Near Fine dust jacket showing light overall rubbing to edges and panels from shelf wear, including light scratches to rear panel and a mild 1 inch crease to lower, right margin of front panel.

Scalo, 2005. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Scalo, Zurich 2005. Hardcover in pictorial dust jacket. First Edition, First Printing. Oversized. 501 pages with with numerous black & white and color photographic reproductions throguhout. Includes essays from Judy Annear, Jennie Boddington, David Malouf, Bernice Murphy, Peter Schjeldahl, Dennis Cooper, Sebastian Smee and others. This sumptuous tome accompanied an exhibition assembled by the Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney in 2005. SIGNED and dated in the year of publication by Bill Henson. BOOK CONDITION: Fine; a solid, tight, clean copy; in a Fine dust jacket. SIGNED

Scalo Publishers; Et Al. New. 2005. Hardcover. 3039390031 .*** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request *** - *** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy, brand new, pristine, never opened -- Text in English. 504 pp. With 406 ills. (173 col. ). 31 x 26 cm. -- with a bonus offer-- .