Brian baggot compiler and foreword (1 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: vg to near fine. dj. First edition. Folio. 47 unpaginated leaves. Illustrated dust jacket with multi-colored lettering on the front cover and spine. Blue buckram boards with silver lettering on the front cover. illustrated endpapers. Double signature of David Hockney in red and green ink on the the half-title page (double-page spread). A selection of poster designs by acclaimed artist David Hockney, taken from the comprehensive personal poster collection of Brian Baggot. Presented are 40 highlights from Baggott's collection, with each image beautifully printed and reproduced in full-page color images, measuring on average 9.5 x 13". The final 8 pages comprise a full visual catalog raisonne of the entire 120 poster collection to date, with smaller sized images, accompanied by text captions below each poster, giving its name, original dimensions, production information and date. "Throughout his career, Hockney's work has been the subject of numerous one-man exhibitions all over the world. These shows are advertised by posters--many of them supervised by Hockney or actually produced by him--that represent a graphic summary of his work. Hockney has traveled widely, taking inspiration from the places he has visited, and the posters follow his travels and exhibitions. His work has gone through a wide range of styles, and his posters chart and reflect these changes. Only one definitive private collection exists, containing more than 120 examples of his posters. Hockney Posters is the illustrated catalogue of a comprehensive exhibition derived from this collection, shown in Britain, Japan; and the United States to mark David Hockney's fiftieth birthday." - jacket flap. Dust jacket with light foxing to the backside of the flaps, and light bumping to the head of spine of jacket. Binding with very minor smudges to the front cover. Light bumping and/or rubbing to extremities of the boards. Minor foxing to edges of book block. Interior pristine, except for very minor creasing along the foredges of the final two pages. Jacket in very good+, binding in very good, interior in near fine condition. Signed.…