{"product_id":"robert-mapplethorpe-altars-1995-signed-by-edmund-white","title":"Robert Mapplethorpe — Altars (1995), signed by Edmund White","description":"\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e Random House, New York, 1995\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eContributors:\u003c\/strong\u003e Essay by Edmund White; edited and designed by Mark Holborn and Dimitri Levas\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEdition:\u003c\/strong\u003e First edition\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e Black cloth lettered in red, dust jacket, publisher's slipcase\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 139 pp.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e approx. 30.5 x 28 cm (12 x 11 in)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e English\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0-679-42721-6\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSignature:\u003c\/strong\u003e Signed by Edmund White.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Fine in fine \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003edust jacket\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMapplethorpe often traced his love of symmetry to the altars of the Catholic churches of his childhood in Floral Park, Queens. Altars, assembled after his death by Mark Holborn and Dimitri Levas, follows that thread through the whole of his work: early collages and constructions built from religious images, Polaroids, portraits and previously unpublished colour prints, 127 plates in all.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEdmund White's essay reads the sacred and the erotic in Mapplethorpe as one subject. White knew the downtown world both men belonged to, and he writes about it from inside.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSigned by White, who died in June 2025.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePhotographs of this copy available on request.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Robert Mapplethorpe","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67894711288125,"sku":"DI-008","price":500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1024\/2857\/4013\/files\/unnamed_6ac3e52d-3d6c-4bf5-8ab5-941df7ec2626.jpg?v=1793689132","url":"https:\/\/docksideinterview.com\/products\/robert-mapplethorpe-altars-1995-signed-by-edmund-white","provider":"Dockside Interview","version":"1.0","type":"link"}