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New York: Metropolian Museum of Art, Date: 2002. Hardcover. New/Sealed In Publisher's Wrap.. Ivory cloth boards, white and illustrated dust jacket with brown and black lettering. 95 pp. Illustrations, portraits. Photo is of a used copy in our collection. "One of the world's preeminent photographers, Irving Penn is famous for insightful portraiture, surprising still life, and influential fashion work - he is less well known as a superb photographer of the female nude. His most important pictures in this genre were made over fifty years ago, when the then-young photographer engaged several artist's models in a number of intense sessions modeling only their unadorned bodies. These sessions took place on weekends and in the evenings, and were essentially an artistic antidote to the ephemeral fashion and surface world of the stylish ladies' magazines. The women Penn chose and the ways he viewed them produced nudes that were highly unorthodox by mid-twentieth-century standards: folded, twisted, and stretched, with extra belly, mounded hips, and puddled breasts, their fleshy torsos are sisters of Titian's and Rubens', while their mother in prodigality is the archaic fertility idol. Charged with powerful physical and sexual energy yet somehow chaste, they are among the most ambitious and successful nudes ever made." "The great 1949-50 nudes have rarely been seen, and the complete nude sessions have never been the subject of serious study. This volume illustrates some fifty of ...

ISBN10: 0821227874, ISBN13: 9780821227879, [publisher: Metropolian Museum of Art, New York] Hardcover Ivory cloth boards, white and illustrated dust jacket with brown and black lettering. 95 pp. Illustrations, portraits. Photo is of a used copy in our collection. "One of the world's preeminent photographers, Irving Penn is famous for insightful portraiture, surprising still life, and influential fashion work - he is less well known as a superb photographer of the female nude. His most important pictures in this genre were made over fifty years ago, when the then-young photographer engaged several artist's models in a number of intense sessions modeling only their unadorned bodies. These sessions took place on weekends and in the evenings, and were essentially an artistic antidote to the ephemeral fashion and surface world of the stylish ladies' magazines. The women Penn chose and the ways he viewed them produced nudes that were highly unorthodox by mid-twentieth-century standards: folded, twisted, and stretched, with extra belly, mounded hips, and puddled breasts, their fleshy torsos are sisters of Titian's and Rubens', while their mother in prodigality is the archaic fertility idol. Charged with powerful physical and sexual energy yet somehow chaste, they are among the most ambitious and successful nudes ever made." "The great 1949-50 nudes have rarely been seen, and the complete nude sessions have never been the subject of ...

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[Austin, TX, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2002]

Bulfinch 2002-02-01 First Edition Hardcover Like New in Like New jacket Size: 11x11x0; A nice hardcover with a crisp dust jacket, a tight binding and an unmarked text. Unopened in factory plastic wrap. From a private smoke free collection. Shipping within 24 hours, tracking number and delivery Confirmation.

ISBN10: 0821227874, ISBN13: 9780821227879, [publisher: Bulfinch] Hardcover First Edition A nice hardcover with a crisp dust jacket, a tight binding and an unmarked text. Unopened in factory plastic wrap.From a private smoke free collection. Shipping within 24 hours, tracking number and delivery Confirmation.
[Portland, OR, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2002]

Bulfinch 2002 Hardcover Very good A near fine copy of this second edition from 2004. Green Apple Books and Music, Publisher Weekly's Bookstore of the Year 2014, has been San Francisco's favorite independent bookseller since 1967! Shipping costs on oversize / international orders will reflect actual shipping charges and may be more than quoted by ABE. We will need to contact you with true shipping costs and ask for authorization before adjusting cost.

Bulfinch 2002-02-01 Hardcover New Size: 11x11x0; New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!