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Cristobal Balenciaga

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Marc Sena Carrel
(Pacifica, CA, Estados Unidos de America)

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Descripción Cloth. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good Plus. 1st Edition. Editions du Regard. In French, not in English. First printing of the first edition, November 1988. Printed and bound in France. 13 x 10 inches. Many of the photos researched and gathered by Jacqueline Demornex from the Balenciaga archives. Bound in black cloth, with blind-stamped lettering to the front board and to the spine. Unbumped spine head and tail, and with sharp corners. Text block firmly bound in. Approximately 378 pages, with about 600 crisp B&W, duotone and color plates, drawings and archival photos, including several full-page and double-page plates, all on coated stock. An impressively clean interior. No stains, stampings or underlining noticed. Very slight spine lean. With an illustrated, glossy paper dust jacket. The DJ with minor scratching and rubbing, especially to the back. This copy almost certainly unread. A Fine copy in a Very Good Plus DJ. Slipcase not present. Scarce in any condition. 6 lbs. 5 oz. Cristóbal Balenciaga [1895-1972] was a Basque Spanish fashion designer, and the founder of the Balenciaga clothing brand. He had a reputation as a couturier of uncompromising standards and was referred to as "the master of us all" by Christian Dior and as "the only couturier in the truest sense of the word" by Coco Chanel, who continued, "The others are simply fashion designers". On the day of his death, in 1972, Women's Wear Daily ran the headline "The King is Dead". This volume with a section on his relationship to painting, his home "La Reynerie", Marie-Louise Bousquet, Clare Booth-Luce, the Duchess of Windsor, Helena Rubinstein, Marella Agnelli, Gloria Guinness, Henry Clarke, David Seidner, and Roger Jean-Pierre. Nº de ref. del artículo: 008107

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