Jack Smith crossed like a comet the New York underground from the 60s to the 80s, marking with his royal stamp the expression of a generation of artists including Andy Warhol, Nan Goldin, Robert Wilson; his major cinematographic work, Flaming Creatures, produced at the same time as the Beautiful Book, was hounded for thirty years by all the censors in the world, to enter, after the artist's death, the pantheon of cinema libraries.
19 original photographs 55x55mm, obtained by contact from the negatives, are pasted on pages 1 to 11, 13 to 19, and on the back cover.Reprint New York Granary Books 2002, 200 numbered copies.Cover according to the screen print in two colors on a drawing by Marian Zazeela, one of the artists appearing in the photographic stagings.
Very good condition, minor discoloration on book board from age, kept in shrink wrap as seen in image. Photographs available upon request