Fusionable Cheongsam (SCARCE HONG KONG FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING SIGNED BY WESSIELING)
by Wessieling (Wessie Ling)
- Used
- near fine
- Paperback
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 9627630683
- ISBN 13
- 9789627630685
- Seller
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Margate, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Hong Kong, China: Hong Kong Arts Centre, 2007. NrF. First Hong Kong edition, first printing. TEXT IN ENGLISH. Large paperback. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, WESSIELING, without dedication on front endpaper. Signing reads, 'Wessieling/Sep 2008'. Size of covers, 21 by 27.2 cms. 83pp. Profusely illustrated with colour and black-and-white photographs. The cheongsam is iconic and not just a garment: culturally and historically it is simultaneously an object, an image, a commodity, and a sign. Wessie Ling's book accompanies a series of installations exhibited in the Hong Kong Arts Centre in June 2007. Presenting the cheongsam as conceptual art. It is in part an essay on the evoltion of the garment and, in part, a catalogue of each installation with text and interpretation. With Bibliography and Filmography. A near fine copy of a SCARCE first Hong Kong edition, first printing SIGNED BY WESSIELING. . Signed by Author. First Hong Kong Edition, First Printing. Large Paperback. Near Fine.
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- Bookseller
- Greystone Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 16659
- Title
- Fusionable Cheongsam (SCARCE HONG KONG FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING SIGNED BY WESSIELING)
- Author
- Wessieling (Wessie Ling)
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- First Hong Kong Edition, First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 9627630683
- ISBN 13
- 9789627630685
- Publisher
- Hong Kong Arts Centre
- Place of Publication
- Hong Kong, China
- Date Published
- 2007
- Keywords
- Signed. Autographed. China. Chinese Culture. Chines Cultural History. History. Chinese Costume. Costume. Chinese Clothes. Clothes. Cheongsam. Fashion. Chinese Fashion. Social History. Art. Visual Art. Conceptual Art. Gender. Gender Studies. Women. Womens
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