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Michals, Duane.
QUESTIONS WITHOUT ANSWERS.
Santa Fe, NM: Twin Palms Publishing, 2001. Hardcover. First Edition/First Printing. 112 pages. As New/As New. Artist Book. Limited Edition of 2000 copies. An austerely elegant production by Duane Michals and Jack Woody: Oversize-volume format. A tall and slim book. Pale-gray silk cloth boards with black titles embossed on cover and spine, as issued. Photographs and texts by Duane Michals. Printed in rich gravure on thick uncoated stock paper to the highest standards. In elegant black DJ with white titles on cover and spine, as issued. Presents the artist/photographer's late intimations on mortality, on last questions before one's final departure. Duane Michals has pioneered and mastered the narrative possibilities of his art while continuing to raise disturbing questions and presenting some of the most emotionally resonant and erotically charged imagery of our time. "As my consciousness spirals to its predestined disappearance, age has forced me to pay attention. Now I begin to see the silhouette of the mystery. I think about thinking and am beyond the comfort of conformity. I must ask questions that I never thought to ask before. The most profound questions seem to be transparent in their ordinariness and deceptive in their significance. A child would understand. I know that this modest enquiry must fail. But what else am I to do?" (Duane Michals). A book that must be read as much as viewed, this is a "must-have" title for Duane Michals collectors. This copy is prominently and beautifully signed in black fountain pen on the first page by Duane Michals. This is one of very few signed copies of the Limited Edition still available online and has no flaws, a pristine beauty. A very scarce signed copy thus. 69 plates. One of the finest living American artist/photographers. A flawless copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER DUANE MICHALS TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0944092861. $90.00 |
