New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1976 Book. Illus. by Avedon, Richard. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to. Dust Jacket: Fine. Unpaginated, Portraits: A Meditation on Likeness by Harold Rosenberg; The b&w Plates. First Edition, 1976. Signed 'Avedon' and dated 1980 on ffep. "Photographs have a dual nature, a fact noted on one way or another by most people who comment on photography. A photo is a picture, and only that -- an entity in iteslf, independent of its subject. But it evokes the aura of an external reality, even when no such reality exists. To look at a photo is to see a picture and imagine the pictured." from A Meditation on Likeness. Price clipped. Pristine, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. White cloth with grey lettering to spine..

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Bookseller: West Side Book Shop, ABAA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 002564
Title: Portraits [Signed By Richard Avedon]
Author: Rosenberg, Harold
Illustrator: Avedon, Richard
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fine
Jacket Condition: Fine
Edition: First Edition
ISBN 10: 0374236380
ISBN 13: 9780374236380
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1976
Keywords: PHOTOGRAPHY AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHERS AVEDON RICHARD (1923-2004) PORTRAITS
Bookseller catalogs: PHOTOGRAPHY;
Size: 4to

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