Principio erat (Artist’s edition A)

A$3,300 · Offered by Douglas Stewart Fine Books

Limited edition

Paris : Editions Bessard, 2019. Folio, pictorial laminated boards, pp. [70], several double fold-out pages, printed on high quality matt photographic paper. Principio erat is published in a standard and deluxe edition described as the Artist s edition by the publisher. The standard edition is published in two variations, each limited to 500 numbered copies. The Artist s edition is also published in two variations, each limited to 45 copies plus 5 artist proofs. All copies contain a small original signed photograph, and the Artist s editions each contain an additional larger signed photograph. Principio erat (standard edition A) has a portrait of a girl s face on the cover of the binding, and has an original signed Bill Henson photograph 106 x 160 mm (image) housed in a paper envelope inside rear board. The image in Principio erat (standard edition A) is of a girl with her hands above her head. Principio erat (standard edition B) has an image of a nude girl s torso on the cover, and has an original signed Bill Henson photograph 106 x 160 mm (image) housed in a paper envelope inside rear board. The image in Principio erat (standard edition B) is of a girl reclining. Principio erat (Artist s edition A) is housed in a black lettered fawn clamshell box, and accompanied by an additional larger format original signed Bill Henson photograph of a standing nude girl, 256 x 172 mm (image). The cover of the Principio erat (Artist s edition A) is the same as the standard edition (A), and

• Binding: Hardcover

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