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SIGNED BY AVEDON AND CAPOTE
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AVEDON, RICHARD.
Observations.
Comments by Truman Capote. Design by Alexey Brodovitch. Illustrated with full-page gravure
reproductions of Avedon’s dynamic portraits. Folio, printed boards; original acetate dust jacket, small
chips to edges; printed boards slipcase, worn and split at edges. Roth 148; Hasselblad 178;Auer 386.
FIRST EDITION
,
SIGNED BY AVEDON AND CAPOTE
,
WITH A TLS SIGNED BY AVEDON
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NewYork: Simon and Schuster, (1959)
[2,000/3,000]
With a letter from Avedon stating: “This is the only copy in existence signed by Truman and then by
me. I don’t even have one. Can I come visit it when I’m feeling low?”
366
AVEDON, RICHARD.
Portraits.
Illustrated with reproductions of Avedon’s elegant photographs. Folio, cloth; dust jacket, lightly
soiled.
FIRST EDITION
,
SIGNED BY AVEDON
.
NewYork, 1976
[300/450]
365