BONE HOUSE. J.P. Witkin. First Edition, First Printing. Slipcased. Ltd to 5000.
Joel-Peter WitkinT H E B O N E H O U S E 1998, Twin Palms PublishersSanta Fe, New Mexico First printing, one of 5,000ISBN 094409256X196 pages.Large quarto, 10.5 x 10.5 x 1.4”superb condition retrospective volume of the photography of J.P. Witkin, with an introduction by Eugene Parry. All works in THE BONE HOUSE were selected by, and many have written contributions from the artist himself.Only on the outside are any imperfections found. Please see the pics to notice, if possible, the light fading of the outer of the case and spine of the volume. The book's case binding, boards and pages are like new. All edges of the slipcase are sharp, clean, and unabraded.It is unfair to the new viewer to attempt to describe Witkin's body of work surveyed here. Some will be startled. Stimulated. Mystified. Repulsed. In death, we are moved. The grotesque and the sublime are chased, and between the pages, one might find Nietzsche's abyss.This ships insured.