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Gods of Earth and Heaven. Witkin. 2nd Ed 1991. Photography Like New Unopened!

Description: Gods of Earth and Heaven. Joel-Peter Witkin. Text by Gus Blaisdale and John Yau. Twelvetrees Press. Second edition 1991. 124 pages, 52 duotone plates. 13" x 10". ISBN 0-942642-39-1.Excellent condition. Unopened in publisher's original shrink wrap. No defects observed through original shrink wrap.Free domestic shipping USPS Media Mail. This is the second volume of Witkin's drawings and photographs published by Twelvetrees Press. It includes work selected from a ten year period, all of which is reproduced in color to capture the rich and subtle tones of Witkin's photographs. The subject matter is as controversial as ever: cadavers, transsexuals, and animals are carefully arranged to create a mythology that could originate only in the mind of this singular artist. Once you have witnessed the dark, sensational visions of Joel-Peter Witkin, you will never be the same again. Witkin gets to you. Here you will encounter hermaphrodites, malformed bodies, Siamese twins, corpses, fetuses, cut-off heads, and self-torturers. Witkin's compositions go far beyond conventional "freak show" tableaux to achieve a sinister and dignified beauty, and he includes numerous art-historical references that add context and acerbic wit. This exquisitely produced collection of black-and-white photographs will take you, as Guy Blaisdell writes in an essay at the end of the book, into "a human afterworld ... one that comes before or after the death of this world--a place where the spirits of the dead live on by sitting as works of art for their portraits, descending into our moment and returning always to their identical selves." Warning: Not for those under 18 and/or easily disturbed.

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Location: Tonawanda, New York

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Gods of Earth and Heaven. Witkin. 2nd Ed 1991. Photography Like New Unopened!Gods of Earth and Heaven. Witkin. 2nd Ed 1991. Photography Like New Unopened!

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Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer

All returns accepted: Returns Accepted

Item must be returned within: 30 Days

Refund will be given as: Money Back

Book Title: Gods of Earth and Heaven

Signed: No

Ex Libris: No

Narrative Type: Nonfiction

Original Language: English

Item Length: 13.4in.

Publisher: Twelvetrees Press

Intended Audience: Adults

Inscribed: No

Edition: First Edition, Limited Edition

Publication Year: 1989

Type: Picture Book

Format: Hardcover

Language: English

Item Height: 0.8in.

Personalized: No

Author: Joel-Peter Witkin

Features: Dust Jacket, Illustrated

Genre: Adult & Erotic, Art & Culture, Fantasy, Imagery, LGBT, Photography, Sexuality

Country/Region of Manufacture: Hong Kong

Topic: Abstract Art, Abstract Photography, Artists, Erotic Photography, Fine Arts, LGBT Studies, Photographers, Surrealism

Item Width: 10.3in.

Item Weight: 42.8 Oz

Number of Pages: 124 Pages

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