Robert Mapplethorpe's "Altars"

This defintive, full-color reflection of Mapplethorpe's geometric formality and underlying religiosity provides an insight into the art and career of the artist that previous black-and-white volumes cannot. An accompanying essay puts Mapplethorpe into historical, social, sexual, and artistic context. 100 colour and duotone plates. 3 gatefolds. Slipcased. New York: Random House, 1995. Stated first edition. Hardbound. Black cloth boards, black DJ with colour illus., matching slipcase. 139 pp., plates throughout, in black and white and color. NF book, NF dust jacket, VG+ slipcase.