Description: DIANE ARBUS: AN APERTURE MONOGRAPH RARE FIRST EDITION WITH 'TWO GIRLS IN IDENTICAL RAINCOATS' IMAGE HARDCOVER with the DUST JACKET Diane Arbus. An Aperture Monograph. Designed and edited by Doon Arbus and Marvin Israel. Aperture, New York, 1972. Quarto. First edition. First printing. Hardcover. With the dust jacket. Numerous black and white reproductions. The rare first printing of the definitive Arbus monograph with the "Two girls in identical raincoats" image that was stuck from all but a few copies of the numerous subsequent printings. "...published in 1972, a year after Diane Arbus's suicide and in conjunction with a retrospective show at the Museum of Modern Art. The museum's photo curator, John Szarkowski, was an early Arbus supporter... but Arbus's place in the public consciousness was sealed largely by Aperture's book, one of the rare books that has been continually in print. Marvin Israel's spare, almost recessive book lay out, with pictures on the right hand page and discreet captions on the left, hasn't lost its punch any more than Arbus's images have lost their power to provoke and disturb... Arbus replaced photography's old model of smarmy humanism with a vision that was once pitiless and engaged, tough and surprisingly tender".--Vince Aletti in Roth, et. al., The Book of 101 Books. Very good in a good plus dust jacket. The boards show light wear. Little sunning to edges. Few scratches visible in the light. Internally, personal inscription to first free endpaper. Few soil spots to the first free endpaper. Tanning to page edges. Beautiful clean images. Nice tight binding. Hinges sound. DJ lightly soiled and rubbed w/ moderate wear and some small tears to edges and to the top and bottom of the spine as well as some creasing. Chip near the head of the spine top edge. Not price clipped but price inked out. An incredible book. Scarce. First HARDCOVER edition first printing with the Two girls in identical raincoats image.
Price: 619.99 USD
Location: Island Park, New York
End Time: 2024-01-06T20:39:51.000Z
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Binding: Hardcover w/Jacket
Subject: Art & Photography
Topic: Photography: Monographs
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Dust Jacket, Illustrated
Origin: American
Country of Manufacture: United States
Printing Year: 1972
