PETER BEARD: THE ART EDITION - A NON-NUMBERED, UN-SIGNED PUBLISHER'S SAMPLE DISPLAY COPY

by (BEARD, PETER). Beard, Peter & Owen Edwards. Nejma Beard & David Fahey, Editors

$4,400 · Offered by Biblio

First edition · In dust jacket

(BEARD, PETER). Beard, Peter Owen Edwards. Nejma Beard David Fahey, Editors. PETER BEARD: THE ART EDITION - A NON-NUMBERED, UN-SIGNED PUBLISHER S SAMPLE DISPLAY COPY. Koln, GERMANY: Benedikt Taschen Verlag, 2006. First Edition Thus. Elephant Folio. 3/4 Leather over Boards, Boxed. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 616pp, profusely illustrated in color and b w. Text in English, German and French. Art Direction and Design by Ruth Ansel. One of the most lavish books published to date on the work of a single photographer, Benedikt Taschen s sumptuous, already out of print 2006 monograph on Peter Beard rivals Helmut Newton s Sumo in both scale and grandeur. Photographer, collector, diarist, and writer of books Peter Beard has fashioned his life into a work of art; the illustrated diaries he kept from a young age evolved into a serious career as an artist and earned him a central position in the international art world. He was painted by Francis Bacon, painted on by Salvador Dali, and made diaries with Andy Warhol; he toured with Truman Capote and the Rolling Stones, created books with Jacqueline Onassis and Mick Jagger - all of whom are brought to life, literally and figuratively, in his work. As a fashion photographer, he took Vogue stars like Veruschka to Africa and brought new ones - most notably Iman - back to the U.S. with him. Spilling out over the pages of this massive tome, Peter Beard s collages are reproduced as a group for the first time at the size th

• Publisher: Benedikt Taschen Verlag
• Year: 2006
• Edition: First Edition
• Printing: later
• Binding: hardcover

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