William Klein - Mosca Mockba - 1964

VERY IMPORTANT PHOTOBOOK AND ONE OF THE FAB FOUR CITY-BOOKS by William Klein (1926-2022):

- Andrew Roth, The Book of 101 Books, pagina 140-143
- The Open Book, Hasselblad Center, pagina 204/205
- 802 libri dalla collezione M.+M. Auer, pagina 436

VERY RARE, HIGHLY IMPRESSIVE, BIG-SIZE, FIRST AND ONLY ITALIAN EDITION from 1964 (!).
Published same year in same content and layout like the first American edition.

William Klein è stato un fotografo e filmmaker statunitense naturalizzato francese noto per il suo approccio ironico sia al media sia al suo esteso uso di tecniche fotografiche insolite nel contesto del photojournalism e della fotografia di moda. È stato classificato al 25° posto nella lista dei 100 fotografi più influenti di Professional Photographer.

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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).

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Silvana Editoriale D'Arte, Milan. 1964. First Italian edition, first printing.

Hardcover with dustjacket. 260 x 350 mm. 184 pages. Captions and photographs by William Klein. Introduction by Harrison E. Salisbury. Poems by Andrei Voznesensky. Quotations from Alexander Blok, A. de Custine, V.I. Lenin, Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Nikita Khrushchev, Vladimir Mayakovsky, Victor Nekrasov. Text in Italian.

Condition:
Il libro all’interno è pulito senza tracce di precedenti possessori e senza macchie d’umidità; odore di umidità sulle pagine, nessun difetto rilevante o mancanze. La coperta esterna, il lino bianco sensibile è ben conservato e non ammaccato, fresco e impeccabile. La dust jacket è molto impressionante e ben conservata, quasi completa con solo una piccola parte mancante in alto a sinistra della copertina anteriore, alcuni strappi, alcuni incollati dall’interno, alette complete senza strappi, senza strappi incollati e senza parti mancanti; nel complesso molto migliore e più fresca del solito. Condizioni complessive buone.

Highly impressive photobook classic by William Klein from 1964 (!) - with the original dustjacket.

"William 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)