Lady Lisa Lyon by Robert Mapplethorpe, 1st Japanese edition, 1984
Famed for winning the very first Women’s World Professional Bodybuilding Championship, Lisa Lyon attracted the attention of many artists during the 1980s, and posed for Andy Warhol, Helmut Newton, and, most memorably, Robert Mapplethorpe. In sculpting her body, she made it the instrument of an unfamiliar new artform.
Over a period of two years, Mapplethorpe took over 200 shots of Lyon, and she became by far his most photographed subject. Six of Mapplethorpe’s Lisa pictures were published in the avant-garde review Artforum in 1980, others were shown at Documenta 7, while a greater number was gathered together in this book Lady Lisa Lyon by Robert Mapplethorpe, which came out at the same time as the exhibition Lady, Photographs of Lisa Lyon at Leo Castelli’s gallery in New York.
“In the 50’s you had women like Marilyn Monroe, who were strictly sex objects. In the 60’s you had Twiggy, who started the undernourished, androgynous style. In the 70’s there was Farrah (Fawcett). Now, in the 80’s…women are building up their bodies without sacrificing beauty or femininity.” - Lisa Lyon, 1981
Words from Numero article https://numero.com/en/art-design/who-is-lisa-lyon-mapplethorpes-muse-and-performance-pioneer/
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Publication Date: 1st Japanese edition, 1984
Condition: Oversized softcover with dust jacket in beautiful condition. All internal pages are near mint with light signs of yellowing to the front and back pages.
Page Number: 128
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Lady Lisa Lyon by Robert Mapplethorpe, 1st Japanese edition, 1984
Famed for winning the very first Women’s World Professional Bodybuilding Championship, Lisa Lyon attracted the attention of many artists during the 1980s, and posed for Andy Warhol, Helmut Newton, and, most memorably, Robert Mapplethorpe. In sculpting her body, she made it the instrument of an unfamiliar new artform.
Over a period of two years, Mapplethorpe took over 200 shots of Lyon, and she became by far his most photographed subject. Six of Mapplethorpe’s Lisa pictures were published in the avant-garde review Artforum in 1980, others were shown at Documenta 7, while a greater number was gathered together in this book Lady Lisa Lyon by Robert Mapplethorpe, which came out at the same time as the exhibition Lady, Photographs of Lisa Lyon at Leo Castelli’s gallery in New York.
“In the 50’s you had women like Marilyn Monroe, who were strictly sex objects. In the 60’s you had Twiggy, who started the undernourished, androgynous style. In the 70’s there was Farrah (Fawcett). Now, in the 80’s…women are building up their bodies without sacrificing beauty or femininity.” - Lisa Lyon, 1981
Words from Numero article https://numero.com/en/art-design/who-is-lisa-lyon-mapplethorpes-muse-and-performance-pioneer/
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Publication Date: 1st Japanese edition, 1984
Condition: Oversized softcover with dust jacket in beautiful condition. All internal pages are near mint with light signs of yellowing to the front and back pages.
Page Number: 128
*Ships within 2-3 business days
