Helmut Newton: Nouvelles images (Inscribed to Ralph Gibson)

Paris: Paris Audiovisuel, 1988. Red cloth boards with die cut window revealing half-title page underneath. Minor stain to blank verso of one page; near fine.. First Edition. Duodecimo. Published on the occasion of an exhibition of new portrait photography from Helmut Newton at Espace Photographique de Paris (Nov. 5, 1988–Jan. 29, 1989). This association copy warmly INSCRIBED by Newton to his contemporary Ralph Gibson: "For my friend and / comrade in arms / against all comers! / Forward March! / Ralph Gibson / from / Helmut Newton / Monte Carlo / 21.4.1989." Contents reproduce 32 unpublished black-and-white portraits of actors, writers, and artists (e.g. Botero, Jodie Foster, David Hockney, David Lynch, Gabriel Garcia Márquez, Sigourney Weaver); introduced by text from Henry Chapier.