The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Date: 2002. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Book is in excellent condition. Binding is tight. Covers and inside are clean. 2002. The Metropolitan Museum of Art ISBN 0821227874 9780821227879 [US]

New York & Boston, MA: The Metropolitan Museum of Art / Bulfinch Press Book / Little, Brown and Company, Date: 2002. First edition. Hardcover. 90 pages. Published in conjuction with a traveling show that ran January 14 through April 21, 2002 at The Metropolitan Museum of Art and then went on to Chicago and San Francisco for additional dates. Features an essay by Maria Morris Hambourg. Includes 54 tritones, 10 text illustrations and 4 gatefolds. A clean and tight very near fine copy with a small remainder mark to the bottom edge of the pages near the spine and some slight bumping to the top of the spine in a fine dust jacket with the same slight bumping to the top of the spine. Still largely in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 2002. The Metropolitan Museum of Art / Bulfinch Press Book / Little, Brown and Company ISBN 0821227874 9780821227879 [US]

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 ...

Bulfinch 2002-02-01 Hardcover Like New First Edition. Hardcover with fine dust jacket. Book is in excellent condition, text is unmarked and pages are tight.

Bulfinch, Date: 2002-02-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Like New/Like New. 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. 2002. Bulfinch ISBN 0821227874 9780821227879 [US]

Boston/NY: Bulfinch/Little Brown, Date: 2002. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover, 96 pages. Essay by Maria Morris Hambourg. Includes 54 tritones, 10 text illustrations and 4 gatefolds. A clean and tight near fine copy. Published in conjunction with a traveling show that ran January 14 through April 21, 2002 at The Metropolitan Museum of Art Record # 362414 2002. Bulfinch/Little Brown ISBN 0821227874 9780821227879 [US]

Bulfinch, Date: 2002. Very fine copy in dust jacket as issued, with light shelf wear to dust jacket. Cloth. Very Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 2002. Bulfinch ISBN 0821227874 9780821227879 [US]

Bulfinch, Date: 2002-02-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 2002. Bulfinch ISBN 0821227874 9780821227879 [US]

Bulfinch 2002 Hardcover Very good Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!

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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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.