Publicado por Pacique, Paris, 2004
ISBN 10: 2878680626 ISBN 13: 9782878680621
Librería: Mullen Books, ABAA, Marietta, PA, Estados Unidos de America
Softcover. French language text. Wraps with photograph. 159 pgs. Photographs. VG Inscription to previous owner on title page.
Publicado por Tadler Books, 2009
Librería: Marc J Bartolucci, Hudson, MA, Estados Unidos de America
Original o primera edición
Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Santa Barbara: Tadler Books, 2009. 8vo, 136 p., original paper over black cloth. First and only edition of this title. Spine heel crushed, else as new In publisher's original shrink wrap.
Publicado por Tadler Books, Santa Barbara, California, 2009
Librería: Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA, Salt Lake City, UT, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Near fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: near fine. 136pp. Quarto [31cm]. 3/4 pictorial paper over black cloth. Boards lightly bumped at lower fore edge corners. Slight edgewear to clear plastic dust jacket. Pictorial endpapers.
Publicado por T.Adler Books April 2009, 2009
ISBN 10: 1933045922 ISBN 13: 9781933045924
Librería: Hennessey + Ingalls, Los Angeles, CA, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Used - Very Good. The travel narratives of European explorers who discovered Tahiti in the eighteenth century gave birth to the myth of a forgotten Eden. From Bougainville to Gauguin, many adventurous spirits would seek out her shores. In 1904, Lucien Gauthier, enchanted by the island, decided to become a photographer. The collection of images that he would assemble over the next 17 years illustrates the myth of a peaceable paradise. His work, which celebrates the beauty both of Tahitian women and of its verdant landscapes, expresses his personal vision of an ideal world. Today he is recognized as the creator of a photographic icon: the Vahine. Lucien Gauthier (1875-1971) was born in Paris and left for California at the age of 27. Upon discovering Tahiti in 1904, he was immediately seduced. He quickly mastered the metier of photographer and opened a portrait studio, which allowed him to meet the local beauties, who posed for him both clothed and nude. Sumptuous landscapes completed his collection of images. His body of work was widely diffused in the form of postcards, establishing his fame. He left Tahiti in 1921 and settled in the suburbs of Paris, where he continued to sell prints. For the Colonial Exposition of 1931, he published a collection of his most beautiful photos. Upon seeing this book, Matisse went to visit Gauthier and left his company determined to travel to Tahiti. Gauthier's door would remain open to all Tahitians at heart, up to his death in 1971. This book situates his body of work in the history of photography in Tahiti from 1847 onward, and offers a selection of his most beautiful images, chosen from among 800 original negatives. The sole archive to have remained intact, it offers a rare view into Tahitian photography of the epoch. Edited by Tom Adler, Lisa Barnett. Text by Serge Kakou. dust jacket has a rip on top of spine, book itself in excellent condition.
Publicado por T.Adler Books, 2009
ISBN 10: 1933045922 ISBN 13: 9781933045924
Librería: Stephen Bulger Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada
Original o primera edición
Hardcover. Condición: New. First Edition. Shrinkwrapped.