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What is a Taschen book?
Taschen is a noted art book publisher from Cologne, Germany. Taschen was founded in 1980 and has transformed the art book world by making some lesser-seen works and even categories of art available to a broader market. Shop a collection of art books from the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.
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Ferrari by Pino Allievi. XL hardcover book with Leatherette binding.
By TASCHEN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Il Fascino Ferrari - A monument to Italy’s driving force. Few men, women or brand names have come to define a century. For seven decades and counting, the Italian powerhouse founded...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Books

Materials

Foil

Disney Comics Library. Carl Barks’s Donald Duck. Vol. 1. 1942–1950. Limited Ed.
By Walt Disney, TASCHEN, Carl Barks
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Collector’s Edition of 1.000 numbered copies. Hardcover with an aluminum print cover tipped into a leatherette-bound spine, foil embossing, and housed in a slipcase, 11 x 15.6 in., 1...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Books

Materials

Aluminum

Naomi - XL Edition
By TASCHEN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The very best of Naomi Campbell in an updated two-volume portfolio. Supermodel, entrepreneur, activist, provocateur. Since her teenage rise to stardom, Naomi Campbell has dazzled th...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Books

Materials

Paper

Naomi Campbell. Signed Limited Edition with Allen Jones sculpted case.
By Allen Jones, TASCHEN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Edition of 1,000 + 200 APs. Hardcover with four fold-outs, signed by Naomi Campbell, 496 pages, 33 x 46.2 cm (13 x 18.2 in.), plus companion volume, 368 pages, within a multiple artwork by Allen Jones. Supermodel, entrepreneur, activist, provocateur. Since her teenage rise to stardom, Naomi Campbell has dazzled the world with her looks, her strength, and her irrepressible spirit. The first black model to grace the cover of French Vogue and TIME magazine, she has been the face of hundreds of magazine covers, countless editorials and advertising campaigns, and a favorite subject for some of the best photographers of the 1980s, 1990s, and today. This signed, limited, two-volume Collector’s Edition celebrates Campbell’s remarkable career amidst the greatest legends of fashion and photography with jaw-dropping images and exclusive autobiographical text. Volume 1 showcases the very best of Campbell’s portfolio, with photographs from the likes of Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott, Richard Avedon, Anton Corbijn, Patrick Demarchelier, Steven Meisel, Helmut Newton, Herb Ritts, Paolo Roversi, Mario Testino, Ellen von Unwerth, and Bruce Weber, and such unforgettable shoots as Peter Lindbergh’s joyful sequence of Naomi dancing as Josephine Baker on the beach in Deauville for Italian Vogue, or Jean-Paul Goude’s stunning composition of Naomi racing a cheetah for U.S. Harper's Bazaar. Volume 2 features Naomi’s extensive autobiographical text, illustrated by magazine covers, ads, never-before-seen personal snapshots, video stills, and more. Naomi recalls her childhood; the beginning of her modeling career; her work with fashion’s greatest designers, including Azzedine Alaïa, John Galliano, Marc Jacobs, Karl Lagerfeld, Gianni Versace; and experiencing the meteoric rise to superstardom. Photographer biographies and an illustrated appendix are also included. In a dazzling meeting of art and fashion, Volume 1 is presented in a multiple artwork by British pop art luminary, Allen Jones. Best known for his controversial fetish furniture...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Books

Materials

Plastic, Paper

David Bailey Sumo, Signed, Limited Edition Book with Marc Newson Stand
By Marc Newson, TASCHEN, David Bailey
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The David Bailey SUMO. Over 300 of the greatest portraits of our time, printed big and bold. In 1965, portrait and fashion photographer David Bailey released his groundbreaking boo...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Books

Materials

Aluminum

Frida Kahlo, The Complete Paintings, XL Book
By Frida Kahlo, TASCHEN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
We access the intimacy of Frida’s affections and passions through a selection of drawings, pages from her personal diary, letters, and an extensive illustrated biography featuring photos of Frida, Diego, and the Casa Azul, Frida’s home and the center of her universe. This large-format XXL book allows readers to admire Frida Kahlo’s paintings...
Category

2010s European Books

Materials

Fabric, Paper

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