Newton, Riviera, Guillaume de Sardes & Matthias Harder (Eds.), Prestel, 2022, HC, NEW, Near Fine

de Sardes, Guillaume and Matthias Harder (Eds.). Munich. Prestel. 2022.

English, New Edition, Near Fine, HC, 4to, 8 ⅛” x 10 ⅜, 352 pp.

ISBN: 9783791388991

New, white paper over front board with black-and-white photograph to front, yellow paper over back board, black text to front, spine and back, yellow endpapers and pastedowns, yellow pages at front, back, and throughout, “Newton, Riviera” in bold black text arranged vertically to frontis. Mild creasing near spine at bottom of front, minor bumping to top edge near spine, mild shelfwear to front and back, otherwise clean throughout, tightly bound, and excellent. 352 pp. Replete with full-color and black-and-white photographs. Published on the occasion of the exhibition “Newton, Riviera” running 17 June - 13 November, 2022 (from p. 4). Essays by Guillaume de Sardes, Matthias Harder, Jean-Luc Monterosso, et al. Interviews with Paloma Picasso, Eduard Merina, Charles de Meaux, et al. Essays provide insight to Newton’s life and how the photographer moved to Monaco, a city that let him unleash his creativity. Included are photographs of the Mediterranean, Cannes Festival, Portraits, Fashion, Nudes, amongst others. From the back cover: “Image by image, Newton, Riviera reveals Newton’s ironic yet fascinated look at an easy and elegant lifestyle, a world of appearances and superficiality, of which he was both actor and privileged witness.”