Amy Arbus

Suited to the Part [Book Proposal]

New York: Amy Arbus, 2005. Very Good. Item #41319

New York: Amy Arbus, 2005. Self-published book proposal. Slim quarto (28cm); original cloth tape over clear acetate wrappers; [74]pp.; twenty-one ink jet printed black and white photographs, some starting to separate but presumably complete. Light wear and dust soil from handling, else Very Good.

Book proposal by the American photographer Amy Arbus (b. 1954) for a collection of street portraits of American actors "in character and out of context." The list of actors and plays is an excellent snapshot of the 2005 Broadway scene, including Cherry Jones and Brian F. O'Byrne in "Doubt"; Jefferson Mays in "I Am My Own Wife"; Christopher Fitzgerald and Michelle Federer in "Wicked"; Michael Benjamin Washington in "La Cage aux Folles"; and Jackie Hoffman in "Hairspray." The book was evidently never published, though a retrospective of Arbus's street portraits, "On the Street 1980-1990," appeared a year later.

Price: $350.00