Beard, Mark | Nineteen Famous People, copy 8 of 10 signed by Mark Beard

Beard, Mark

Nineteen Famous People. New York: Feard Press, 1992

Unbound bifolia gathered in 12 fascicles. 30 handcolored photos by Beard transfer-printed on Arches paper by Beard and Craig Fry, with additional handcoloring, facsimiles of Beard's autograph text. Publisher's grey buckram clamshell case with title stamped in silver on upper cover.

Copy 8 of ten copies, signed by Mark Beard. The subjects of Beard's portraits and anecdotes include Robert Mapplethorpe, Andy Warhol, Tennessee Williams, Henry Geldzahler, Quentin Crisp, Robin Byrd, Black-Eyed Susan, Mario Amaya, Virgil Thompson, and others.

From the collection of Michael Feingold, one of the subjects featured in the portfolio.