Bettie Kline

Richard Prince
Bettie Kline
Photographs: Richard Prince
Publisher: Gagosian Gallery
62 pages
Year: 2009
Comments: Hardcover, 362 x 283 mm. First edition, 2009. Text in english. Minor wear. In very good condition. Included in The Photobook by Parr & Badger, vol.3, p.292. Scarce book now out of print ! Collectible.
Irving Klaw's studio was on East 14th Street in New York City. 212 East 14th Street, to be exact. The same address where Franz Kline lived and worked. Klaw, along with his sister Paula, produced pin-up, nudie, and bondage photos. He worked with dozens of models ; but his most famous, Bettie Page, paid the rent. The Klaws and Kline were friends, and Kline would sometimes use Irvings 'models' for figure studies. Head over heels can probably describe Kline's feelings for Bettie Page. By 1952, she became his 'only': his subject, his sign, his muse. Working directly from life, Kline produced hundreds of pen and ink sketches of Bettie. The artist/model was secret. Nobody knew.
The photobook juxtaposes appropriated images of Bettie Page with paintings and drawings by Franz Kline.











more books by Richard Prince
-
Naked nurses
by Richard Prince
sold -
They started it… and we'll finish it (Signed by both)
by Richard Prince
sold -
Four Cowboys
by Richard Prince
sold -
16) New Portraits
by Richard Prince
sold
more books tagged »Richard Prince« | >> see all
more books tagged »pin up« | >> see all
more books tagged »fashion« | >> see all
-
Albert Elbaz, Lanvin
by Collective
sold -
LOEWE 05-MAR-21
by Fumiko Imano
sold -
SAINT LAURENT 6, PLACE SAINT SULPICE
by Juergen Teller
Euro 60 -
System Supplement Juergen Teller
by Juergen Teller
sold -
chic pas cher (first edition)
by Collective
sold -
Rock Diary
by Hedi Slimane
sold
more books tagged »parr & badger« | >> see all
-
La Ciudad de Mexico III
by Nacho Lopez
sold -
Toshi-he (SIGNED)
by Yutaka Takanashi
sold -
Airports
by Peter Fischli & David Weiss
sold -
A.D.1991
by Keizo Kitajima
sold -
Rokytnik
by Jitka Hanzlova
Euro 90 -
Colossal Youth
by Andreas Weinand
Euro 35
more books tagged »artist book « | >> see all
-
SO IT GOES (SIGNED)
by Miho Kajioka
sold -
La Promenade de König Immerlustik
by Gunter Rambow
sold -
London 2008 (ONLY 30 COPIES - SIGNED)
by Liam Tickner
sold -
And where did the peacocks go ? (SIGNED TRUE FIRST EDT ONLY 50...
by Miho Kajioka
sold -
SO IT GOES (SPECIAL EDITION WITH PRINT)
by Miho Kajioka
sold -
LA INDIA (SIGNED EDT OF 90 copies)
by Ivan Alechine
Euro 90
more books tagged »out of print « | >> see all
-
Japan, a Photo Theater II
by Daido Moriyama
sold -
Shinjuku 1965-97
by Katsumi Watanabe
sold -
15) A New American Picture (Signed)
by Doug Rickard
Euro 600 -
Momentos
by Paola Franqui (Monaris)
sold -
Reprinting the city
by Stephan Keppel
Euro 240 -
Photography 1965-74 (Signed)
by Yutaka Takanashi
sold
Books from the Virtual Bookshelf josefchladek.com