William Klein - Moskau (VERY FRESH COPY) - 1965

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ONE OF THE FAB FOUR city-books by William Klein (1926-2022):

- Andrew Roth, The Book of 101 Books, page 140-143
- The Open Book, Hasselblad Center, page 204/205
- 802 books from the M.+M. Auer collection, page 436

HIGHLY IMPRESSIVE VINTAGE PHOTOBOOK FROM THE 60s.
BIG-SIZE, FIRST AND ONLY GERMAN EDITION (which like the Americans more than their own - smaller - one.

In this fantastic very fresh and complete condition extremely hard to find.
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Nannen-Verlag, GmbH, Hamburg, 1965. First German edition, first printing.

Hardcover in white linen with original dustjacket. 260 x 350 mm. 184 pages. Photos: William Klein. Foreword by Helmut Heißenbüttel. Text in German.

Condition:
Book inside excellent, very fresh and flawless, very clean with no previous owner marks and with no foxing; much more better than usual Book outside with very fresh covers and spine (protected by the jacket); edges marginall foxed. Dustjacket very fresh, complete with no missing parts, with marginal flaws and tears (easily to restore), much more better and fresher than usual; spine lightly sunned (like so often). Overall very fine condition.

Highly impressive photobook with original dustjacket - in this wonderful fresh condition really hard to find.

One of the fabalous four city-books by the artist, beside "Life is good & good for you in New York" (Andrew Roth/Book of 101 Books, Martin Parr/Gerry Badger/The Photobook), Rome/Roma and Tokyo/Tokio). Phantastic photobook in breathtaking layout and photogravure (by Zokeisha/Tokyo).

'William Klein was an American-born French photographer and filmmaker noted for his ironic approach to both media and his extensive use of unusual photographic techniques in the context of photojournalism and fashion photography. He was ranked 25th on Professional Photographer's list of 100 most influential photographers.
Klein trained as a painter, studying under Fernand Léger, and found early success with exhibitions of his work. He soon moved on to photography and achieved widespread fame as a fashion photographer for Vogue and for his photo essays on various cities. He directed feature-length fiction films, numerous short and feature-length documentaries and produced over 250 television commercials.
He was awarded the Prix Nadar in 1957, the Royal Photographic Society's Centenary Medal and Honorary Fellowship (HonFRPS) in 1999, and the Outstanding Contribution to Photography Award at the Sony World Photography Awards in 2011.
A retrospective exhibition of his work, William Klein: YES: Photographs, Paintings, Films, 1948–2013, was shown at the International Center of Photography in New York until September 15, 2022.'
(Wikipedia)