Martin Parr. Objects
by (Parr, Martin):
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 1905712081
- ISBN 13
- 9781905712083
- Seller
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Ramsgate, Kent, United Kingdom
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About This Item
-Chris Boot (2008)-. Exhibition catalogue. First edition first impression 2008. 179 pages. Illustrated in colour throughout. Some small dents and bumps to cover. Pictorial boards, no dustjacket required. Very good. Martin Parr has becomewell known for his collections of photography books and postcards,but he is also a jackdawcollector of photographic and other themed objects.Some collections have already achieved notoriety for instance his collection of Saddam Husseinwatches (wrist watches featuring photographs of Saddam Hussein, highly popular in Iraq prior to his downfall), and his collection of photographic trays, both exhibited at the 2004 Rencontres dArles festival in southern France but until nowthey have not been published in book form.This comprehensive account of eccentric objects collected by Parr over 25 years includes his memorabilia of political leaders and movements (Lenin, Margaret Thatcher and the Miners strike, for example), othermythologized characters (Osama bin Laden and the Spice Girls), his collections of photographic trays and kitschwallpaper, objects commemorating the M1 motorway, 9/11, and the Sputnik mission. Ranging between the banal and poignant, they are always hilarious. We are specialists in Artists Monographs, Catalogues and Illustrated items. All items are as described and dispatched within 24 hours in a secure package. We are professional booksellers with 40 years experience, you may order with confidence. Other titles by this artist maybe in stock, please ask for our list or link. Martin Parr. Objects 9781905712083
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Details
- Bookseller
- Paul Brown Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 31243
- Title
- Martin Parr. Objects
- Author
- (Parr, Martin):
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1905712081
- ISBN 13
- 9781905712083
- Publisher
- -Chris Boot (2008)-
- Place of Publication
- London
- This edition first published
- 2008
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