Dali's Mustache, First Edition (7 results)

small b&w photo illustrated hardcover 8vo. (octavo. / 12mo? ~ 5.5"x7"). (cover of book and cover of dustwrapper are identical in appearance). dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. very fine cond. mint cond. looks new. like new. as new. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of markings. dustwrapper in fine cond. not worn or torn or price clipped. nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking, underlining, remainder markings etc~. first printing (nap) of the second edition. 128p. b&w photo illustrations throughout. publisher's notes. autobiography. memoirs. art books. art history. surrealism. photography. ~ With 101 Life magazine covers to his credit, Philippe Halsman (1906~1979) was one of the leading portrait photographers of his time. In addition to his distinguished career in photojournalism, Halsman was one of the great pioneers of experimental photography, motivated by a profound desire to push this youngest of art forms toward new frontiers by using innovative and unorthodox photographic techniques. One of Halsman's favorite subjects was Salvador Dali, the glittering and controversial painter and theorist with whom the photographer shared a unique friendship and extraordinary professional collaboration that spanned over thirty years. Whenever Dali imagined a photograph so strange that its production seemed impossible, Halsman tried to find the solution, and invariably succeeded. As Halsman explains in his postface, Dali's Mustache is the fruit of this marriage of the minds. The jointly conceived and seemingly nonsensical questions and answers reveal the gleeful humor and assumed cynicism for which Dali is famous, while the marvelous and inspired images of Dali's mustache brilliantly display Halsman's consumate skill and extraordinary inventiveness as a photographer. This combination of wit, absurdity, and the off~handedly profound is irresistible and has contributed to the enduring fascination inspired by this unique photographic interview, which has become a cult classic and valuable collector's item since its original publication in 1954. The present volume faithfully reproduces the first edition and will introduce a new generation to the irreverent humor and imaginative genius of two great artists.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 128pp.illustrated. Protected dust jacket unclipped.

1st ed. thus hardback with dust jacket Fine small octavo 128pp., b/w pls.,

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. 1st Edition. External tape repairs along the spine, some edge wear, 2 previous owner's ink names on the front endpaper and rear endpaper seems to be missing. A difficult book to find in nice condition as the spine is quite often missing altogether. Book.

First American Edition. Small hardcover, good with chips at corners, edge wear, and for some reason the previous owner underlined the publishing date on the copyright page in ink. Illustrated.

Hardcover. Condition: Befriedigend. Philippe Halsman. (illustrator). 1. Auflage. Salvador Dali & Philippe Halsman. Dali's Mustache. A Photographic Interview. New York, Simon and Schuster , 1954. 180:140mm. 126S. 2+ 28 Abb. Illustr. Or.-Ppbd. Enthält: Preface by Salvador Dali; The Questions and Answers; Postface by Philippe Halsman; Publisher´s Notes on How Some of the Photographs Were Made. "Dali's Mustache is an absurdist humorous book by the surrealist artist Salvador Dalí (1904-1989) and his friend, the photographer Philippe Halsman (1906-1979). The first edition was published in October 1954 in New York; The book is subtitled A Photographic Interview. On one page a short question is addressed to Dalí, which the artist answers at the bottom of the following page. An additional, corresponding black and white photograph by Halsman - absurd, ironic or self-ironic portraits of Dalí with very different uses of his iconic mustache - complements the answer, usually with an absurd aspect. The idea for the book came from Richard "Dick" Simon, one of the founders of Simon & Schuster, when Halsman showed him photographs of Dalí, which were intended for Life magazine. The backside of the book shows a "Warning! This book is preposterous". Salvador Dalí, dedicated the book: "To Gala who is the guardian angel of my mustache also" and Philippe Halsman "To Yvonne for whom I shave daily." Restaurierter Ppbd-Einband mit Or.-Einbandsrücken montiert auf schwarzem Leinen und mit neuen Vorsätzen, Einband etwas berieben. Sonst Inhalt gut erhalten.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 12mo. Original boards. Monochrome gravure plates. Foreward by Dali, postscript by Halsman. A little rubbed at edges .