Altars /
"Altars is the full-color companion volume to the definitive collection of his black-and-white prints, Mapplethorpe, published in 1992. Beginning with his early collages, Polaroids, and unpublished color prints, Altars follows Mapplethorpe's preoccupation with color and geometry through a...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Random House,
[1995]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | "Altars is the full-color companion volume to the definitive collection of his black-and-white prints, Mapplethorpe, published in 1992. Beginning with his early collages, Polaroids, and unpublished color prints, Altars follows Mapplethorpe's preoccupation with color and geometry through a wide range of subject matter, from intimate portraits of Patti Smith to sado-masochistic rituals. The book ends with the multiple-colored panels of his late, unique photographic pieces, elaboratly framed."--Jacket. |
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| Item Description: | Issued in slip case. The Cushing Library/Women & Gender Studies copy was acquired as part of The Don Kelly Research Collection of Gay Literature and Culture. The Cushing Library/Women & Gender Studies copy is signed by White. |
| Physical Description: | 139 pages : illustrations (some color, some folded), portraits ; 32 cm |
| ISBN: | 067942721X 9780679427216 |