Tulsa

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The raw, haunting images taken in 1963, 1968, and 1971 document a youth culture progressively overwhelmed by self-destruction and are as moving and disturbing today as when they first appeared.

Quarto, unpaginated; VG/VG-; spine black, with white lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering; mild shelf wear and soiling; wear to crown and tail of jacket spine; small closed tear and crease to upper edge of jacket back; signed flat by Clark at title page; profusely illustrated with black and white photographs; pages clean; shelved Case 11.

Because of his subsequent heroin addiction, it took Clark 10 years to complete Teenage Lust, which was finally published in 1983. Quarto; Unpaginated; VG/VG;Black spine with white lettering; Jacket protected by mylar cover; Jacket has minimal shelf wear; Black cloth boards have slight wear at the upper edge; Binding tight; Interior clean. His recent photography addresses similar subjects, but with the distance of an observer, and a more prominent formal sensibility.

By submitting this form, you acknowledge that the information you provide will be transferred to MailChimp for processing in accordance with their Privacy Policy and Terms.The original announcement card for an exhibition of work by Larry Clark titled "Tulsa" and "Artist's Books" and held at Printed Matter, NYC, July 22 - September 12, 1999. Ever interested by teenage subcultures, Clark chose young amphetamine users in his hometown of Tulsa, Oklahoma as his subject matter for this book Included are 50 black and white photographs that examine their daily lives.

Hardcover, very good in near very good slightly rippled jacket with slight scuffing and light wear to edges. Reflections in a Glass Eye: Works from the International Center of Photography Collection, New York: Bulfinch Press in association with the International Center of Photography, 1999, pp. Cover image from Tulsa made into a 23" x 18" poster from an exhibition at the Robert Freidus Gallery. The International Center of Photography (New York) has shown the prints, together with others not included in the book. Although this book predates his iconic films by at least two decades, Tulsa is quintessential Clark.This series of photographs contains drug use, nudity and guns, yet still manages to present a touching sense of humanity. An autobiography of his teenage years, it comprised more raw images of drug use and adolescent sex, as well as portraits of young hustlers working Times Square in New York, with a little of the edginess leavened by family snapshots and portraits. Tulsa is a collection of black-and-white photographs by Larry Clark of the life of young people in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Gibson later clarified: 'What happened was that Larry always wanted to control the distribution of Tulsa himself. This exhibition comes with a parental warning (and controlled access) but it also comes with high praise.His work is included in important museum and private collections including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY; The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY; The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY; the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA; The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA; The Houston Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA; and the Frankfurt Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt, Germany. The primarily black jacket has some wear at edges, rubbing on the rear panel, and a few closed, creased tears at edges. After Tulsa, he produced Teenage Lust (1983), a series of photographs depicting adolescent sexuality, Larry Clark (1992), and The Perfect Childhood (1993). His work has been included in group and solo exhibitions since the early 1970s, and he was the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Photographers' Fellowship in 1973 and a Creative Arts Public Service photographers' grant in 1980.