THE CAMERA I: Photographic Self-Portraits from the Audrey and Sydney Irmas Collection

Los Angeles / New York: Los Angeles County Museum of Art / Harry N. Abrams, 1994. First Edition. Very good + in a very good + jacket.. Catalog of an exhibition held at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. With 148 illustrations, including 47 in color. Essay by Irmas discusses her parents' guiding philosophy and -- for the time -- eccentric collecting interests. Includes photographs by Imogen Cunningham, Cecil Beaton, Robert Doisneau, Bruce Nauman, and numerous others. With exhibition checklist, biographies, and selected bibliography. Hardcover. 4to. Black cloth boards in black and white photographic dust jacket. Mild shelfwear; very faint toning to page borders. Very good plus overall. 240pp.