Robert Mapplethorpe's reputation was based on a body of black and white prints, including portraits and sexual imagery. From the start of his career he was working with colour, making collages and then polaroids and colour photographs, few of which have been seen. "Altars" presents this colour work, together with his final work which consisted of unique prints, elaborately framed and mounted on multiple coloured panels. This is a companion volume to "Mapplethorpe".
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Robert Mapplethorpe's reputation was based on a body of black and white prints, including portraits and sexual imagery. From the start of his career he was working with colour, making collages and then polaroids and colour photographs, few of which have been seen. "Altars" presents this colour work, together with his final work which consisted of unique prints, elaborately framed and mounted on multiple coloured panels. This is a companion volume to "Mapplethorpe".
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Add this copy of Altars: Mapplethorpe to cart. $62.30, like new condition, Sold by Burwood Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Wickham Market, SUFFOLK, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1995 by Jonathan Cape.
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First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. Slip-Case. Large 4to. pp 139. Original publisher's black cloth, lettered red at the spine. Copiously illustrated in colour and black and white throughout. Mapplethorpe's reputation is based on his monochrome prints, but he did work with colour, making collages, polaroids and colour photographs. "Altars" presents this colour work, together with his final, unique prints, elaborately framed and mounted on multiple coloured panels. This book is heavy, and delivery costs may be a consideration especially outside Britain. ISBN: 0224037811 Fine in slip-case. Excellent condition.
Add this copy of Altars to cart. $65.00, like new condition, Sold by The Chatham Bookseller rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Madison, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1995 by Random House.
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Fine in Very Good+ jacket. 11 1/2" x 12 1/4" 160pp. Black cloth, blind stamped, red lettering on the spine. Color, black and white photographs throughout the book. As new. Unclipped pictorial jacket is bright, except for a 1 1/2" chip on the rear inner flap. Housed in a black slipcase which has a light scuff on lower edge of the rear panel. Robert Mapplethorpe's reputation was based on a body of black and white prints, including portraits and sexual imagery. From the start of his career he was working with colour, making collages and then polaroids and colour photographs, few of which have been seen. ALTARS presents this colour work together with his final work, which were unique prints, elaborately framed and mounted on multiple coloured panels. The final work was the culmination of his creation of the unique photographic object, and it places Mapplethorpe outside the realm of photography and firmly in the world of contemporary art.
Add this copy of Altars to cart. $103.00, very good condition, Sold by A Good Read rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Toronto, ON, CANADA, published 1995 by Random House.
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Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 0224037811. A Good Read ships from Toronto and Niagara Falls, NY-customers outside of North America please allow two to three weeks for delivery. Large book with d/j in box. Bit of soiling on one panel of box. Light bruising to lower front tip. Heavy/oversize item-additional shipping charges may be required depending on speed/destination requested.; 12.8346456562 X 11.889763; 160 pages.
