About this title: The photographs in this title range from a homage to Greek mythology and athleticism to modern, urban eroticism. Looking at a collection of unpublicized work, the book explores the works of George Platt Lynes, known for his admiration for the male body and mastery of form.
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Binding: Hardcover in Dust Jacket
Publisher: Taschen America Llc, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9783822864036ISBN:382286403X
Description: Folio. Internally clean and tight, boards are lightly shelfworn and soiled, Very Good Plus in a Very Good dust jacket that is lightly edgeworn, and has moderate uneven sunning. read more
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Benedikt Taschen Verlag
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9783822864036ISBN:382286403X
Description: New in Fine Condition jacket. 240 pp., over two hundred beautiful B&W photographs. Text is in German, French and English. Dustjacket is protected with a mylar cover. read more
Description: Very good. A book of images that simultaneously glances back as a homage to Greek mythology and athleticism, and looks forward to the modern, urban eroticism of Robert Mapplethorpe and Bruce Weber. Portraits, fashion shots, and especially, male nudes. 173 b. read more
Description: Very good. Used, remainders or ex-library, english-speaking-service, Gebraucht oder Verlagsrestbestand, evtl. aus Bibliotheksbestand, bei mehrbändigen Werken bitten wir um vorherige Anfrage, korrekte Rechnung mit ausgewiesener MwSt., deutschsprachiger Service, 14-Tage-Rückgaberecht. read more
Edition: 1st Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Taschen America Llc, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9783822864036ISBN:382286403X
Description: Fine/Fine. Folio-over 12"-15" tall 382286403x A pristine copy in like dust jacket. Text in English, German and French. During his lifetime, Lynes won fame primarily as a fashion photographer, but his interests ranged much wider. This comprehensive volume offers a sampling of each facet of his work. The first section, Portraits, is a virtual Who's Who of the leading lights of his day, from Gertrude Stein and Jean Cocteau to Orson Wellls and Lotte Lenya. The second section highlights his work ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Taschen, Koln
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9783822864036ISBN:382286403X
Description: Fine in Fine jacket. Folio-over 12"-15" tall. [239pps] Trilingual text. (German, English & French) Foreword by Anatole Pohorilenko. George Platt Lynes was a brilliant craftsman and master of composition, whether of his portraits of famous people such as Thomas Mann, Igor Stravinsky and Gertrude Stein, or his stunningly vivid documentation of the New York City Ballet. This skill and passion for his subjects made him enormously successful in the 30s and 40s, when he featured in all the leading ... read more
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