Signed Dali's Mustache by Salvador Dali & Philippe Halsman 1954 1st Edition HC

This is an original hardcover 1954 1st edition of Dali's Mustache signed by Dali with an amazing inscription/original art by him on the inner cover and free end sheet as well! This hardcover book is in Very Good condition with some minor wear to the outside cover edges and spine, but the pages are all intact and are in incredibly good shape. The images are clear and crisp.

Thank you for viewing this stunning signed Salvador Dali treasure! Dali's Mustache, a Photographic Interview by Salvador Dali and Philippe Halsman. This delightful book by Dali, the famous Spanish Surrealist artist, and Halsman, the famous Life Magazine portrait photographer, is itself a very rare and. All the more-so for Dali's signed autograph, as well as for his amazing ink drawings and stylistic inscriptions i.

Nside the front cover and on the free end sheet! "Pour David Bradburn Hommage Tres Amical Dali 1955" with drawings of an ant, a woman holding a child's hand and a pitchfork, celestial phenomena, Don Quixote upon a rearing horse, and a shooting star. People of today may need to be informed about the famous Philippe Halsman, who was born in Latvia in 1906 to Jewish parents. His family was friends with Albert Einstein's family, and other notable friends were Sigmund Freud, Thomas Mann, Jakob Wasserman and Erich Fromm, all of whom had helped Philippe during his darkest hours. Though he studied electrical engineering, Philippe Halsman moved to France in 1932 and began his career in photography.

After just a few years, he became regarded as one of France's finest portrait photographers. Then, there was World War II, and, in 1940, after Hitler's Nazis invaded France, with Einstein's assistance, Philippe fled to the U. Halsman met Salvador Dalí in 1941; they began to collaborate on works together some years later. In 1945, Halsman was elected the first president of the American Society of Magazine Photographers..

His vivacious, brilliant, iconic photos appeared inside and on covers of many important popular magazines Paris Match, Look, Esquire, the Saturday Evening Post, and of course, Life Magazine. Anyone who remembers the beautiful Life Magazine probably pictures one of Philippe Halsman's photos - they graced the cover of Life Magazine a total of 101 times! One of Halsman's most famous photos was of Albert Einstein, taken in 1947, during a discussion of Einstein's regrets about his scientific work being used to create the atomic bomb. The resulting image remains as somberly fresh, dynamic and impactful today as it was 72 years ago. It was used on a U. Naturally, it was a vibrant Philippe Halsman photograph of John F. Kennedy that appeared on the first editions of JFK's book, Profiles in Courage. In 1958, a poll conducted by Popular Photography named Halsman one of the "World's Ten Greatest Photographers" And, in 1975 he received the Life Achievement in Photography Award from the American Society of Magazine Photographers.

In 1951 Halsman was commissioned by NBC to photograph Milton Berle, Sid Caesar, Groucho Marx, Bob Hope and other comedians of the day. He creatively photographed several of the comedians jumping up in mid-air, and, so later he took jump photos of many other important celebrities, including Marilyn Monroe. The famous photographer commented, When you ask a person to jump, his attention is mostly directed toward the act of jumping and the mask falls so that the real person appears.

" Philippe Halsman referred to this psychologically philosophical photographic technique as "Jumpology, and he published Philippe Halsman's Jump Book in 1959, which contains a discussion of jumpology and 178 photographs of celebrity jumpers! David Bradburn, 490 Calle Main Law Building, Monterey California. This apparent acquaintanceship between Dali and David Bradburn substantiates the time and caring evident in the numerous drawings which accompany Dali's autograph for him. Dali and his wife, Gala, lived on and off in Monterey.

Containing 126 pages, this signed and inscribed collectible 1954 first edition hardback art book, Dali's Mustache features a Preface written by Salvador Dali, numerous interview questions posed to Dali one by one - and each of Dali's delightfully absurd answers are illustrated by one of Philippe Halsman's 30 uproarious monochrome photographs. This book also features a "Postface" by Halsman, which describes how the book came to be, and the book finishes with brief Publisher's Notes on how some of the photographs were made. The item "Signed Dali's Mustache by Salvador Dali & Philippe Halsman 1954 1st Edition HC" is in sale since Sunday, October 6, 2019. This item is in the category "Books\Antiquarian & Collectible". The seller is "oregonman" and is located in Portland, Oregon. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Japan, Sweden, South Korea, Indonesia, Taiwan, South africa, Thailand, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Bahamas, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Singapore, Switzerland, Norway, Saudi arabia, Ukraine, United arab emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Croatia, Malaysia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa rica, Panama, Trinidad and tobago, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Barbados, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Brunei darussalam, Bolivia, Ecuador, Egypt, French guiana, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, Iceland, Jersey, Jordan, Cambodia, Cayman islands, Liechtenstein, Sri lanka, Luxembourg, Monaco, Macao, Martinique, Maldives, Nicaragua, Oman, Peru, Pakistan, Paraguay, Reunion, Viet nam, Uruguay, Antigua and barbuda, Aruba, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Saint kitts and nevis, Saint lucia, Montserrat, Turks and caicos islands, Russian federation.

• Year Printed: 1954
• Modified Item: No
• Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
• Topic: Dali, Art, Surrealism, Photography, Halsman
• Binding: Hardcover
• Author: Salvador Dali & Philippe Halsman
• Subject: Art & Photography
• Publisher: Simon and Schuster
• Place of Publication: New York, NY U.
• Special Attributes: 1st Edition