Richard Avedon Portraits SIGNED FIRST EDITION

New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc, 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good +/good +. First Edition. Hardcover. A presentable 2002 first printing, signed by Richard Avedon (1923–2004), of this collection of his portraits of icons including William Burroughs, Andy Warhol, Truman Capote, Willem de Kooning, Samuel Beckett, Muriel Rukeyser, Roy Lichtenstein, and more, published accompanying an exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art from September 26, 2002 to January 5, 2003. As Director Philippe de Montebello writes in his foreword, this collection gathers "the finest existing prints of his most penetrating images....In presenting this pantheon of portraits, (truncated) which is both fully representative of its period and one of its remarkable achievements, we hope that today's public will gain an enlightening glimpse of our own time as it may look to future generations." Includes essays by Maria Morris Hambourg, Mia Fineman, and Richard Avedon himself.

Signed "Avedon" by Richard Avedon to title page. First edition, first printing, with full number line to copyright page. 10 1/2" X 8 1/2". Unpaginated. Accordion-style binding with pictorial paper over boards, within a pictorial paper slipcase. Mild wear to accordion binding, with faint dust soiling to boards and gentle bumping to corners. Binding is sound. Pages are clean and unmarked. Heavier wear to slipcase, with light soiling to covers and hard bumping and rubbing to edges and extremities. (Inventory #: 16810)