DALI'S MUSTACHE: A Photographic Interview By Salvador Dali And Philippe Halsman

Dali, Salvador & Philippe Halsman

ISBN 10: 2080135600 / ISBN 13: 9782080135605

Edité par Paris. January 1994. Flammarion, 1996

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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.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: DALI'S MUSTACHE: A Photographic Interview By Salvador Dali And Philippe Halsman
• Éditeur: Paris. January 1994. Flammarion
• Date de parution: 1996
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 2080135600
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9782080135605
• Reliure: Couverture rigide
• Édition: Edition originale
• État de la jaquette: Jaquette
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • art history
  • art books
  • autobiography

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Book by Dali Salvador

Présentation de l'éditeur

Cult classic and collector’s item, Dali’s Mustache is the result of the astonishing artistic collaboration between surrealist Salvador Dalí and experimental photography pioneer Philippe Halsman. Dalí and Halsman were friends as well as professional collaborators for more than three decades. 

Subtitled A Photographic Interview, the concept of the book is one short question presented to Dalí, which Dalí answers, followed by a corresponding black-and-white photograph by Halsman. The photographs are intentionally absurd and hilarious. Early editions of this book came with a warning on the back that said “Warning! This book is preposterous.”

Question: "I have the feeling, to have discovered your secret, Salvador. Could it be that you are crazy?"
Answer:  "I am certainly saner than the person who bought this book."