KIKUJI KAWADA, The Globe Theater
KIKUJI KAWADA, The Globe Theater
Self-published, 1998
Kikuji Kawada
Hardcover w/ slipcase, 202 pages
12.19 x 8.88 inches
Featuring three sections of photographs Kawada produced between 1969-1989: Los Caprichos ( 1969-1981), The Last Cosmology (1979-1997), and Car Maniac (1991-1998). List of titles in English and Japanese. Designed by Mitsuo Katsui. 200 pp., with 146 four-color and black-and-white plates. Stunning printing by Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. in Japan.
First edition, first and only printing. Limited to 550 numbered copies. Fine black silk cloth-covered boards debossed and embossed with gold and blue graphics on front, and with silver and black graphics on back and a gold silk cloth-covered spine stamped with title (in Japanese and English) in black. Laminated black dust jacket with title (in Japanese and English) printed in white on cover and spine. The dust jacket is die-cut with circular openings on front, spine and back, revealing the graphic designs on the boards. Contained in a translucent white plastic slipcase printed with graphics and title in black, gold and white. Photographs by Kikuji Kawada. Includes a list of plates and a list of Kawada's bodies of work (in Japanese and English).