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Author: Arbus, Diane
Title: Diane Arbus: An Aperture Monograph
Place: Millerton, NY
Publisher: Aperture
Date: [1972]
Item # : 211467
Sale Number   432
Lot Number   13
Sale Name    
The Library of Andrew Griffin: Fine Books in All Fields
Sale Date   07/08/2010
Sale Time   1pm PST
Low Estimate   $ 1,500
High Estimate   $ 2,500
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Description:
[6], 15 pp. + 80 plates from photographs by Diane Arbus; portrait of Arbus from photograph by Stephen Frank. 27.8x23 cm. (11x9"), photo-pictorial boards, jacket. First Edition, first issue (or printing).
Monograph produced in conjunction with the Arbus retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art organized by John Szarkowski, the year following Arbus' death from suicide. This first issue or printing includes the photograph "Two Girls in Identical Raincoats Central Park, N.Y.C, 1969" which was suppressed in all subsequent printings.
Condition:
Jacket with some creasing and wear, light dampstain to top of rear panel, 4" tear up front joint and a few smaller tears, chip at spine head; a bit of extremity rubbing to covers, lights stamp to top of rear cover; inscription to front free endpaper, very good in good or better jacket.
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