Joel-Peter Witkin - Joel-Peter Witkin - 1988-1989

First edition (French) 1989. Originally 1988 in Spanish..
Rich burgundy silk moiré hard cover with raised cross motif and title in black.
No dust jacket as originally published.
Fine paper with red parchment-like, translucent pages that lie over most of the plates.
Photos, drawings and collages by Joël-Peter Witkin.
Texts (in French) by Alain Dupuy, Antonio Saura and the artist.
Joël-Peter Witkin was born in 1939. Lives and works in New Mexico in the USA.