Paco Rabanne Juillet 1998 Artists’ Book of colour Photographs by Michael Prior of a Paco Rabanne Fashion Show July 1998
Rabanne, Paco; Prior, Michael
$595.00
Edition: 1st Edition
Date Published: 1998
Illustrator: colour photographs
Size: 38 x 18cm
Artists’ Book of original colour photographs by Michael Prior, taken at a Paco Rabanne fashion show, Juillet/July 1998; concertina of 52 photographs of models on the runway clothed in Rabanne couture, plus an additional two photos, to front panel and inside rear panel respectively, the pictures mounted on heavy (white) Fabriano paper (top edge untrimmed), the concertina attached to boards in pink and blue handmade paper; title label to reverse of front board; dimensions of photos 29 x 10cm, boards 38 x 18; extremely scarce, unrecorded in OCLC, no edition stated, so likely a unique item; Francisco Rabaneda Cuervo (aka Paco Rabanne) came to prominence in the 1960’s, breaking into mainstream culture with his designs for the costumes worn by Jane Fonda in Barbarella; the mildest rubbing to handmade paper, mild wear to one corner, o.w. Fine.