Body Parts: A Self-Portrait by John Coplans, 2003, 1st Ed., Near Fine

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Coplans, John. Body Parts: A Self-Portrait by John Coplans (New York: powerHouse Books, 2003).
English, First Edition, Near Fine, HC, oblong 4to, 8 3/4" x 11," 63 pp., including illustrations.
ISBN: 1576871738

First Edition. Near Fine gray paper-covered boards backed with red cloth. Black lettering on spine. Covers have moderate fading to spinal lettering, slight bumping to head and tail of spine, and slight wear to tips, else clean and intact, binding tight, sharp tips. Pages pristine and intact. Principally black-and-white printed photographs. Exhibition catalogue published on the occasion of the shows that were held at the Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College and MIT List Visual Arts Center. This catalogue features semi-abstract compositions of different parts of artist John Coplans's nude body as a form of self-portraiture. Brief text in front includes an interview with Coplans and an autobiographical statement by Coplans.