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MELVIN SOKOLSKY: PARIS 1963 / PARIS 1965 - "FLY" EDITION LIMITED TO ONE HUNDRED COPIES IN A LUCITE SLIPCASE WITH A SIGNED AND NUMBERED SILVER-GELATIN PRINT
(SOKOLSKY, MELVIN). Sokolsky, Melvin & Raphaelle Stopin. Afterword by Ali McGraw. Beverly Hills, CA: Leafcar Editions, 2011. First Edition 1/100 Deluxe. 4to. Cloth in a Lucite Slipcase. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 80 + 80pp, profusely illustrated in duotone and color. Designed by Melvin Sokolsky. This beautiful volume is the definitive collection of all seventy-four printed images from Melvin Sokolsky's wildly innovative "Bubble" and "Fly" series shot in Paris for "Harper's Bazaar" in the sixties. It includes for the first time more than a dozen previously unreleased and alternate visions of his iconic series, behind the scenes documentary photos, outtakes, and an intimate insight into the legendary fashion photographer's process and inspiration. Limited to one hundred copies featuring a unique back-to-back "zig-zag" binding, the "Fly" Edition is housed in an etched grey Lucite slipcase designed by Sokolsky himself. A brand new, pristine example NUMBERED (67/100) AND SIGNED Melvin Sokolsky" in pencil on the front colophon with the 12 ½ x 11" NUMBERED (67/100) AND SIGNED silver gelatin print of "Dior Wings" in the publisher's printed shipping carton, as issued. 0-9822266-9-1 Inventory Number: 022891
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