Signed by Arnold Newman. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. SIGNED by Arnold Newman on the title page. Introduction by Arthur Ollman. Afterword by Arnold Newman. 124 pages with index. Illustrated with portraits by Arnold Newman. He relates: Inevitably there is a great deal of the photographer in his finished product. If there isn’t much of him, then there isn’t much of a portrait. In other words, the photographer must be a part of the picture. It’s a matter of joining forces with the sitter. 114 laser scanned duotone images. Portraits include: Marc Chagall, Pablo Picasso, Piet Mondrian, Max Ernst, Jackson Pollock, Grandma Moses, Willem De Kooning, Frank Lloyd Wright, Man Ray, Alberto Giacometti, Jacob Lawrence, Carl Sandburg, Jean Cocteau, Marilyn Monroe, Berenice Abbot, Allen Ginsberg, Truman Capote, W. Eugene Smith, Jasper Johns and many many more. Light wear to the covers. Few minor scratches, scuff marks and creases. Black remainder mark to the top edge. Internally, a hint tanning to page edges. Very clean and bright. The best copy seen to date.
