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VIJA CELMINS - DELUXE HARDBOUND COPY SIGNED BY THE ARTIST AND CHUCK CLOSE
(CELMINS, VIJA). Celmins, Vija & Chuck Close. William S. Bartman, Editor. New York: A.R.T. Press, 1992. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Dust Jacket. Artist Monograph. Fine/Fine. 64pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. With a chronology and exhibition history. This is the very first monograph on the influential Latvian-born, Los Angeles and New York-based contemporary artist Vija Celmins. It features beautiful reproductions of nearly thirty years of work that includes the earliest photo-realist paintings, her precisely detailed drawings and prints of waves, celestial photographs, and spider webs, as well as the transcript of a lengthy interview between Celmins and artist Chuck Close. A brand new, pristine example of the exceedingly uncommon 1992 unnumbered hardbound edition - not meant to be accompanied by a print (which shares the same ISBN with the paperbound version) - issued hors commerce in a very limited quantity for the use of the press additionally SIGNED by both Vija Celmins and Chuck Close in pencil on the title page. This was acquired directly from A.R.T. Press publisher Bill Bartman in 1993. 0-923183-08-6 Inventory Number: 024435