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Steven Klein Luxury (Limited Edition), 2023
Courtesy of Steven Klein, Phaidon, and Artspace.

Book

Steven Klein, edited and with an essay by Mark Holborn

 

The first and only monograph on Klein, whose hyperreal and sexually charged images have captivated viewers for 30 years–now available as a luxury, limited edition.

 

Binding: Hardback

Extent: 464 pages

Size: 14.5 x 12.7 x 2.3 in.

ISBN (SKU): 9781838666125

Edited: Mark Holborn

14.50 x 12.70 x 2.30 in

36.8 x 32.3 x 5.8 cm

Edition of 50
PRICE: $1,500  or as low as LEARN MORE

14.50 x 12.70 x 2.30 in

36.8 x 32.3 x 5.8 cm

Edition of 50

$1,500
PRICE:

    About The Work

     

    The first and only monograph on Klein, whose hyperreal and sexually charged images have captivated viewers for 30 years–now available as a luxury, limited edition. 

    ‍One of the fashion industry's most cunning provocateurs, photographer Steven Klein has created many of the most iconic images of our time. Klein's photographs blur the line between fiction and reality, resulting in stunning tableaux that only exist within his fantastical worlds. Although his images include some of the most photographed people in the world, they disappear into the narrative of Klein's imagination.

    Over the course of 450 pages, the book unfolds like a film narrative with scenes of gender fluidity, self-harm, gun flaunting, pyromania, murder, arrests, car crashes, body contortions, and genital display. These reoccurring motifs exist as standalone vignettes but also as a sequence of images feeding off each other, slowly building towards one overwhelming, climatic drama. By the end of the book, all the different threads of Klein's creative life come to a resolution. His photo series convey epic narratives, mostly subversive, in which movement and static elements are explored and merged.

    "You give him a dress, and he will give you a girl in a dress with a robot in a garden. It's clever, conceptual, and ultimately lyrical." – Anna Wintour

    Image credit: Steven Paneccasio

    About Steven Klein

    • Shaped wooden case boards wrapped in a stamped faux leather

      Rounded spine with raised bands

      Book-block edges foiled in gold

      Fitted brass edges on the front and back case

      Engraved brass plate mounted to the front case

      Brass clasp to close and secure the book

      Delivered in a mailer carton to protect the book

      Design is modeled after an antique Bible in Klein’s possession

    • Ships in 7 to 10 business days from New York.
    • This work is final sale and not eligible for return.
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