ISBN10: 0865659788, ISBN13: 9780865659780, [publisher: The Vendome Press] Hardcover First Edition 149 pages. "Swedish by birth, Parisian by inclination, and American following her marriage to Irving Penn in 1950, Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn (1911-1992) was the most sought-after model in the history of international fashion photography for three decades and the most famous face in such magazines as Vogue and Harper's Bazaar. During her long career, she posed for all the prominent photographers of her day: George Hoyningen-Huene, Man Ray, Horst, Erwin Blumenfeld, George Platt Lynes, Louise Dahl-Wolfe, Norman Parkinson, and Richard Avedon, among others. Of special importance was her work with Fernanrd Fonssagrives, her first husband; with Horst, with whom she shared a common fate as a European immigrant; and of course with Irving Penn, her second husband.This volume was compiled and arranged by David Seidner, a talented fashion photographer of the new generation who unearthed an undiscovered collection of photographs which once belonged to Lisa Fonssagrives. The British photo historian Martin Harrison wrote the accompanying biographical essay." With 118 illustrations of 21 photographers that spans three decades. In Near Fine to Fine condition with a like dust jacket. A nearly imperceptible bit of toning to the page edges, otherwise would be in strict Fine condition. Book now protected in an archival Brodart. We pack all our books with care and ship in ...
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Vendome Press 1996 First Edition; First Printing Hard Cover Fine in Near Fine dust jacket 0865659788. Tight, clean and crisp. A faint hint of shelf wear to dustjacket, otherwise an excellent copy now protected in a new Mylar cover. No inscriptions. No remainder mark. Not price clipped. Not ex-library. As New.; 12.80 X 9.50 X 1 inches; 149 pages.

Vendome Press. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. Date: 1996. First Edition; First Printing. Hard Cover. 0865659788 . Tight, clean and crisp. A faint hint of shelf wear to dustjacket, otherwise an excellent copy now protected in a new Mylar cover. No inscriptions. No remainder mark. Not price clipped. Not ex-library. As New. ; 12.80 X 9.50 X 1 inches; 149 pages . 1996. Vendome Press ISBN 0865659788 9780865659780 [US]