Sylvia Plachy

Beautiful illustrations signed and dated by Sam Maloof 2002 nice clean condition.

A collection of Annie Leibovitz's most classic photographs. The photographs made up her first museum show, which "took place in 1991 at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D...

In the flesh. Just months before her death, Marilyn Monroe gave a young photographer his big break, and this is his story. “You’re already famous, now you’re going to make me f...

Collector’s Edition Book (No. 401–2,400), numbered and signed by Sebastião Salgado, with corresponding bookstand designed by Renzo Piano exclusively for the Amazônia project. (Hardc...

This is a beautiful coffee table (or library book for a home) about the history of the iconic Italian luxury jeweler Bvlgari (or Bulgari), circa 1990s, Italy. Book covers Bulgari's history in creating iconic gorgeous jewelry and its connection, globally, to architecture, fashion, entertainment - lifestyle. Gorgeous book. Printed in Italy. First Edition. Book is contained in a well-made decorated slipcase that matches the jacket of the hardcover book. This was the first book ever published on Bulgari, it is a lavishly illustrated exploration of one of Italy's greatest jewelers. With the use of new photographs together with archival pictures the book traces the development of the Bulgari style, which has captivated movie stars and Royalty since its start in Rome in 1884. Title: BVLGARI (BULGARI) Publisher: Leonardo Arte srl, Milan Publish: 1996, First edition Binding: Hard slipcover pocket, perfect-bound, hard cover with four-color process 'dust' jacket. Printing: Printed in Italy. Dimensions: Width: 13.25 in (33.66 cm) x Depth: 12.5 in (31.75 cm) Blue Italian Murano bowl...

Welcome to Heimat An enchanted trip through Bavaria with Ellen von Unwerth Ellen von Unwerth’s puckish humor pervades the pages of Heimat, an enchanted tour around Bavaria. The ren...

Pop Life. Pictures of Andy Warhol by Steve Schapiro. In 1965, Steve Schapiro started documenting Andy Warhol for Life magazine: Warhol was cementing a reputation as an important Pop artist who drew his inspiration from popular culture and commercial objects. With his sunglasses, blond wig, and bland public utterances, Warhol was enigmatic, charismatic, intensely ambitious, and aware that to become a star, you needed the presence of people to document your ascent. Schapiro, also ambitious and hardworking, who in his own words “kept quiet and smiled a lot,” was an ideal witness to Warhol’s relentless rise from cult New York artist to 20th-century icon. Ironically, Life never published the story, so many of these images are seen here for the first time, scanned from negatives found deep in Schapiro’s archive. Between 1965 and 1966, Warhol was at his creative peak. In this period, Warhol turned his life into art and conceived the “Andy Warhol persona”—arguably his greatest masterpiece. Schapiro busily photographed Warhol...

Large 19th Century Grand Tour bronze sculpture of Narcissus after the original found in 1862 at Pompeii. Signed "Bucciano Napoli". When first found in Pompeii it was identified as Na...

Modern Design in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1890-1990 Hardcover Book.January 1, 1990 by R. Craig Miller (Author).The exceptional and wide-ranging modern design collections of Th...

A look into the illustrious career of world renowned Interior designer Juan Montoya as portrayed in his 1st book published in Spanish in 1998 by Villegas editors. Each book is signed...

French design from the early Sixties to the late Eighties. This is a journey through time which shows specifically three decades of French design. This is an exhibition held in the G...

Carved Giallo Antico Grand Tour model of the temple of Caster and Pollux Large carved Giallo Antico Grand Tour model of the temple of Caster and Pollux of superb carving, the frag...