Samaras Album: Autointerview, Autobiography, Autopolaroid (Signed with Polaroid).
New York: The Whitney Museum of American Art and Pace Editions Inc., 1971. Deluxe Edition. Quarto. "When I say I, more than one person stands up to be counted." With this auto photobook Samaras truly plumbed his narcissistic aesthetic, in anticipation of our coming digital culture. This being 65 of 100 copies SIGNED by Samaras and issued with an original Polaroid (also numbered and signed) housed in glassine envelope affixed to front endpaper. (Roth 212). Minor rubbing to photo-illustrated boards with embossed lettering and photo inset to front panel; these boards black-and-silver, whereas those for the trade edition were black-and-white. Near fine.
Item #29060
Price: $2,500.00