Vanity Fair portraits : photographs, 1913-2008 / David Friend, Christopher Hitchens, Terence Pepper
2008, First Edition. London, National Portrait Gallery. Fine paperback copy. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #378824
ISBN: 9781855143913
Physical description: 255 pages : portraits (some colour) ; 28 cm. Notes:
Catalogue of an exhibition held at the National Portrait Gallery, London, 14 Feb.-26 May 2008; at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh, 14 June-21 Sept. 2008; at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 26 Oct. 2008-1 March 2009; and at the National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, 12 June-30 Aug. 2009. Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents: Divine decadence / Christopher Hitchens -- Vanity fair portraits, 1913-36 -- The portrait photograph in the modern age / Terence Pepper -- The plates -- Vanity fair portraits, 1983-2008 -- A new magazine for a new age / David Friend. Subject: National Portrait Gallery (London, England) ; Exhibitions. Scottish National Portrait Gallery (Edinburgh, Scotland) ; Exhibitions. Los Angeles County Museum of Art (Los Angeles, Calif.) ; Exhibitions. National Portrait Gallery (Canberra, Australia) ; Exhibitions. Vanity Fair. Vanity fair portraits (2008 : National Portrait Gallery, London, England). Vanity fair (New York, N.Y.) ; Illustrations
Vanity fair (New York, N.Y.) ; Exhibitions. Celebrities 20th century ; Portraits. Celebrities 21st century ; Portraits.
Price: €35.00