Graham, Martha (1894 – 1991)
Price: Original price was: $345.00.$275.00Current price is: $275.00.
Description:Portrait of the Lady as an Artist – Signed Stated First Edition; Alfred A. Knopf, 1966. In a good pictorial dust jacket (price – clipped, moderate edge wear, spine a bit sunned, else very good). Boards and spine are pristine. Very boldly signed in black marker pen. Large quarto volume, 182 pages, illustrated with nearly 200 stunning black and white images. This important book was purchased from a member of the family of the renowned dance photographer Barbara Morgan.
MARTHA GRAHAMÂ was one of the most renowned, most influential, and most honored artists of the 21st century. In 1965 she received the Aspen Award, an international prize equivalent in the arts to the Nobel Prize, and in 1966 she received an honorary degree from Harvard, one of the few women to be so honored. She was the consummate dancer, teacher, actress, designer and innovator.