ALTARS
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A powerful monograph by Robert Mapplethorpe, Altars explores themes of form, spirituality, and the human body through his unmistakable visual precision.
Published in 1995, the book presents a dimension of Mapplethorpe’s work that extends beyond his most recognized black-and-white imagery, placing emphasis on color photography and the sculptural balance of his compositions.
Flowers, figures, and symbolic arrangements are rendered with ceremonial clarity, structured through symmetry and formal discipline. These images evoke the presence of devotional objects, where classical composition meets contemporary subject matter.
Through a combination of color plates and duotone reproductions, the publication reveals the breadth of Mapplethorpe’s artistic language balancing sensuality, structure, and symbolic resonance.
A significant posthumous work that highlights the ritualistic and formal rigor at the core of his photographic practice.
Publisher: Schirmer/Mosel
Year: 1995
Language: German
Format: Hardcover
Dimensions: 30 × 32 cm
Pages: 140 pages
Condition: Fine condition. Clean interior; binding tight; well preserved copy.
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Intermission exists in the space between documentation and devotion an ongoing archive of cultural fragments that refuse to vanish. Each title within our portfolio is selected not for trend, but for tension: between what was meant to disappear and what insists on remaining.
We work with objects that speak quietly but persistently publications, recordings, and editions that define the undercurrents of art, sound, and design. Together they form a living record of marginal brilliance, a collection that privileges significance over scale.
Every Intermission title is handled as an artifact. We believe that preservation is an act of reverence one that begins the moment you open a cover or unspool a tape.
To experience a piece, do so slowly. Allow the air to touch the paper, let light fall softly over each page. Avoid excess pressure; handle edges rather than surfaces. Each mark, fold, or patina is part of its passage through time evidence of care rather than decay.
We encourage collectors to engage not only with the content, but with the gesture of preservation itself: a quiet commitment to memory.
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Every Intermission title is handled as an artifact. We believe that preservation is an act of reverence one that begins the moment you open a cover or unspool a tape.
To experience a piece, do so slowly. Allow the air to touch the paper, let light fall softly over each page. Avoid excess pressure; handle edges rather than surfaces. Each mark, fold, or patina is part of its passage through time evidence of care rather than decay.
We encourage collectors to engage not only with the content, but with the gesture of preservation itself: a quiet commitment to memory.
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