Phillips New York Auction Catalog. 19th and 20th Century Photographs. May 5, 1987. Sale 661. Aperture Magazine Witkin uses these classical foundations

Witkin uses these classical foundations to ground his radical imagery in the tradition of memento mori—the artistic reminder of the inevitability of death

Large quarto

The Hands in Portraiture: A sophisticated look at studio portraiture technique

Fox illustrates how Klett’s work exposes human intervention

Not to be confused with the 1978 reprint by Formulary Press

Phillips New York Auction Catalog. 19th and 20th Century Photographs. May 5, 1987. Sale 661. Aperture Magazine Witkin uses these classical foundationsNear fine in wraps, with a scuff on cover and few ink marks on subscription page in the back. Selectively but profusely illustrated, including large image of daguerreotype of a transgender man wearing a dress, which sold for $2,000. 373 lots, with prices realized attached to inside front cover. High lot, $6,000, for Camera Work Number 48, October 1916.