Annie Leibovitz, with dustjacket Keith Haring
7500Availability: In StockCollector’s Edition (No. 1,001–10,000), signed by Annie Leibovitz, with a tripod bookstand by Marc Newson
Annie Leibovitz
7500The Power and the Glory
Annie Leibovitz weighs in with her own SUMO
The bookends of the Leibovitz collection are the black-and-white photograph of Richard Nixon’s helicopter lifting off from the White House lawn after he resigned as president in 1974 and the formal color portrait of Queen Elizabeth II taken in a drawing room of Buckingham Palace in 2007. In between are portraits that make up a family album of our time: actors, dancers, comedians, musicians, artists, writers, performance artists, journalists, athletes, businesspeople. Performance and power are recurring themes. A supplementary book contains essays by Annie Leibovitz, Graydon Carter, Hans Ulrich Obrist, and Paul Roth and short texts describing the subjects of each of the over 250 photographs.
The Collector’s Edition is available in four different covers:
- Whoopi Goldberg, Berkeley, California, 1984
- Keith Haring, New York City, 1986
- David Byrne, Los Angeles, 1986
- Patti Smith, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1978
Limited to a total of 10,000 signed and numbered copies, this book is available as Collector’s Edition (No. 1,001–10,000) and also as an Art Edition (No. 1–1,000) with a fine art print, signed by Annie Leibovitz, and the full set of all four covers.
Both editions come with a tripod book stand designed by Marc Newson.
The designer of the bookstand
Born in Sydney, Australia, Marc Newson studied jewelry and sculpture at Sydney College of the Arts before moving to Tokyo and Paris. Now living and working in the UK, Newson has become one of the world’s most accomplished designers. He has forged innovative partnerships with brands such as Louis Vuitton, Ferrari and Apple. He is the only designer represented by Gagosian, and his work is present in the collection of over 40 museums worldwide.
The photographer
Annie Leibovitz is one of the most influential photographers of our time. She began working as a photojournalist for Rolling Stone in 1970 while she was still a student at the San Francisco Art Institute. By 1983, when she left Rolling Stone for the revived Vanity Fair, she was already closely identified with the conceptual, theatrical style that is her hallmark. In subsequent decades, at Vanity Fair and Vogue and in independent projects, she has worked across many photographic genres and developed a large body of work—portraits of actors, directors, writers, musicians, athletes, and political and business figures, as well as fashion photographs—that expanded her collective portrait of contemporary life. She has published several books and has exhibited widely. She is a Commandeur in the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres and has been designated a Living Legend by the U.S. Library of Congress.
The authors
Graydon Carter was the editor of Vanity Fair from 1992 to 2017.
Hans Ulrich Obrist is the Artistic Director of the Serpentine Galleries in London. Prior to this, he was Curator of the Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris. Since his first exhibition World Soup (The Kitchen Show) in 1991, he has curated more than 300 shows and has published extensively on art, architecture, and culture. In 2011 Obrist received the CCS Bard Award for Curatorial Excellence.
Paul Roth is the director of the Ryerson Image Centre in Toronto.
Steve Martin is an award-winning comedian, actor, writer, producer, and musician.
Annie Leibovitz, with dustjacket Keith Haring
Edition of 9,000Hardcover with 8 fold-outs, 50 x 69 cm, 476 pages, supplement book, and bookstand designed by Marc NewsonISBN 978-3-8365-5238-7
Edition: Keith HaringISBN 978-3-8365-5240-0
Edition: Whoopi Goldberg- Distance between each leg: 86 cm (34 in.)
- Platform: 78 x 62.5 cm (31 x 27 in.)
- Height when positioned horizontally: 90 cm (35 in.)
- Height when in display position: back 98 cm (39 in.), front 83 cm (33 in.)
Click here to download the assembly instructions for the tripod bookstand
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