Sophie Calle, Exquisite Pain, 2005, Thames & Hudson, eng, NF

Exquisite Pain ISBN: 0500511985 Author: Calle, Sophie Publisher: Thames & Hudson Release Date: 2005 Seller Category: PHOTOGRAPHERS Qty Available: 1 Condition: Collectible: Excellent Sku: 01533 Notes: Near Fine/As New first edition thus, tall 4to, 7 3/4" x 4", gray cloth with red gilt titling to front and spine, blind-stamped graphic of a rotary dial phone to front panel, red gilt top, side, and bottom edge, red ribbon bookmark. Barely visible spot of soiling to front, original price sticker affixed to back (39.95). Sharp tips, no bumping, interior pristine. Black endpapers, crisp black-and-white images throughout. Sophie Calle, French writer, photographer, installation artist and some might call extreme voyeur, charts the end of her relationship, documenting moments that in retrospect, felt loaded with consequence. An excellent copy, scarce in the trade, 281 pp. Acquired from the private library of photorealist, Robert Bechtle and art historian, Whitney Chadwick.