Carlo Mollino POLAROID Italian Design Photography Book 1950's Mid Century Modern

  
Very Rare Out of Print'Carlo Mollino Polaroid' Italian Mid-Century Modern Photography Book. One of the most dashing figures of mid-century Italy, Mollino was renowned both for his sleek, ultramodern furniture design and architecture and for his refined hedonism; he was a drug addict who raced cars and flew his own plane. Sometime around 1960, Mollino began to seek out women, mostly prostitutes, in his native Turin, bringing them to his villa for late-night modeling sessions, where they posed for Polaroid photographs, against backgrounds that he designed. The pictures remained a secret between Mollino and his subjects until after his death, in 1973, when some two thousand were found. This lavish selection of several hundred Polaroids preserves the essential mystery of a project both decadent and hermetic. Though clearly the product of a deep obsession, the photographs are deliberately impersonal, each baroque detail an invitation for the viewer to imagine Mollino's encounters with the women. Turin, 1999, 82 pages, small folio-size softcover in thick wraps, 13.5" by 9.5".

Exceptionally well printed volume on the nude Polaroids of rogue Italian architect and designer Carlo Mollino. Essay illustrated with b&w period photos, followed by 45 color photos, including a gatefold, and several views of his residence in Italy. New in original plastic shrink wrapping (never opened/still sealed). Publisher: Umberto Allemandi & C.

Softcover, 9.5" x 13". Images in color and b/w. Condition: new in original shrink wrap.

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