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Gusmano Cesaretti. Fragments of Los Angeles, 1969-1989 [SIGNED]

Cesaretti, Gusmano; Aaron Rose (Ed.); Michael Mann; Jeffrey Deitch; Aaron Rose (Texts)

Bologna: Alleged Press / Damiani, 2013. First edition. Hardcover. Small Folio. 159 [1]pp.; 4 plates of color photographs. Original black half cloth over photo-illustrated paper-covered boards with white lettering on cover and spine. Photo-illustrated endpapers in color. Signed by Gusmano Cesaretti on title page. Beautifully illustrated with b/w photo-reproductions and four plates of color photographs, three of them double page. Includes interview of Gusmano Cesaretti by Aaron Rose, and index of images at rear.

"A modest, but astonishing book on the graffiti culture of East LA in the early 1970s was my most exciting discovery in the preparation of "Art in the Streets," the exhibition that Roger Gastman, Aaron Rose and I curated for the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles in 2011... Nearly forty years after it was made, Gusmano Cesaretti's work remains fresh and revelatory. Looking at his images, we are still entering a secret world. Gusmano's special rapport with his subjects that allowed him such direct access also remains after the passage of four decades." Fine condition. Item #55202
ISBN: 9788862082754

Price: $175.00