Duane Michals: Portraits

Duane Michals, the subject of a major travelling retrospective exhibition organized by the Carnegie Museums, has long been recognized for his inventive photo sequences, which shaped the work of several generations of artists. But even as he is enjoying wide acclaim, a central body of work by the 83-year-old artist remains little known.

For decades a sought-after editorial photographer for leading magazines, Michals portrayed outstanding creative personalities of our era. This comprehensive selection of his inventive portraits (many not previously published in book form), accompanied by Michals’s inimitable, sometimes hilarious, observations and reminiscences, will delight his many fans. Included are iconic images of performers such as Barbra Streisand and Johnny Cash; contemporary artists including Andy Warhol, David Hockney and Jasper Johns; outstanding authors like Norman Mailer and John Cheever; and ‘old masters’ of modern art including René Magritte and Balthus.

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Subjects include: Johnny Cash, Eartha Kitt, The Mamas and the Papas, Barbra Streisand,
Tom Waits, John Cassavetes, James Coburn, Robert Duvall, Joel Grey, Dustin Hoffman,
Dennis Hopper, Jeremy Irons, Hildegarde Knef, Veronica Lake, Michael Richards,
Meryl Streep, Donald Sutherland, Tilda Swinton, Liv Ullmann, Robin Williams, George
Balanchine (and NYC Ballet principals), Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese, Balthus
and Setsuko, Charles and Bertha Burchfield, Joseph Cornell, Edward Gorey, Mary Frank,
David Hockney, Jasper Johns, Willem de Kooning, René Magritte, Alice Neel, Richard
Tuttle, Andy Warhol, Authors: John Ashbery, John Cheever, E. L. Doctorow, Lillian
Hellman, Stephen King, Norman Mailer, Philip Roth and more