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

Calle, Sophie, London: Thames & Hudson, 2005. Near Fine tall 4to, 7 3/4" x 4", 281 pp.

ISBN: 0500511985 

Near Fine/As New first edition thus, , 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.