Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Richard Avedon. IN THE AMERICAN WEST. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, 1985. Signed first edition. Hardcover. Brown cloth-covered boards with black text, front and back covers with large b&w photo paper labels, in unprinted acetate jacket. Folio; unpaginated; illustrated with numerous large b&w plates from Avedon's photos of the people he met while in the American West, taken from 1979-1985 on commission from the Amon Carter Museum of American Art. Signed, inscribed, and dated on first free endpaper: "For George White / Xmas '85 / Avedon."
14 1/4 x 11 3/8 in.
From the Collection of Professor Roberto Severino, Washington, D.C. A near fine or better copy; very light scuffing to cover, mild toning, slight occasional creases.