Cunningham, Bill; Sherman, Editta

Bill Cunningham, Facades [SIGNED BY EDITTA SHERMAN - 1978 1ST EDITION 1ST PRINTING - FINE]

Penguin, 1978. First Edition, First Printing. Paperback. Penguin, 1978. Softcover in pictorial wrappers SIGNED by Editta Sherman. First Edition, First Printing. 128 pages filled with numerous photographic images throughout featuring Cunningham's photos of Editta Sherman fashionably dressed in period outfits matching the architecture before which she posed for Cunningham's camera. A lesson in Nyew Your architecture, history and fashion all at once. Editta Sherman was a muse of Andy Warhol who filmed her with filmmaker Paul Morrissey in the 1970s. She also appeared in the Abel Ferrara film Ms. 45 in 1981. She was a model as well as a photographer and was photographed by Francesco Scavullo and symbolized aging gracefully at age 60 years old in his book "On Beauty" in the 1970s. A decade-long collaboration with her longtime friend and neighbour, William J. Cunningham, a fashion photographer for The New York Times, resulted in the Fashion Institute of Technology/Penguin Books 1978 publication of their book Facades, visually detailing 200 years of fashion and New York City architecture. In November 1967 Kodak Films sponsored a solo exhibit of Editta's celebrity portraits in a three-week public show at Grand Central Terminal in Manhattan.SIGNED/INSCRIBED by Editta Sherman on th title page. BOOK CONDITION: Fine; a solid, tight, clean copy showing light rubbing and wear to cover panels, edges and corners. SIGNED. Fine. Item #5450
ISBN: 0140049487

Price: $350.00