William Klein’s 1966 cult classic send-up of Paris haute couture — Vanity Fair
Based on the original images and dialogue of William Klein’s 1966 film Who Are You, Polly Maggoo?, this fantastic photo-novel tells the adventures of Polly Maggoo, a star model played by Dorothy McGowan (model for Vogue in the 1960s). The plot unfolds across the fashion world of Polly Maggoo; the world of television (based around the character of director Jean Rochefort); and a magical kingdom of operetta whose crown prince (played by Sami Frey) is in love with the young model. Also featuring in this star-studded cast are Alice Sapritch, Delphine Seyrig, Philippe Noiret, Roland Topor and Jacques Seiler. The publication ingeniously translates into book form the zany universe of the film. Klein’s masterful framing gives exquisite rhythm to its page composition and flow as we follow the crazy adventures of the extraordinary heroine in a madcap race through the streets and rooftops of Paris, all the way up to a distant palace lost in the snow. Born in New York, William Klein (1926–2022) was a multidisciplinary artist whose practice revolutionized photography, particularly fashion and street photography. His fashion work was the subject of several iconic photobooks, including Life Is Good and Good for You in New York (1957) and Tokyo (1964). In the 1980s, he turned to film projects. His works are held in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, and the Art Institute of Chicago, among others.
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Alessandro Merola
The scathing captions — writ large in brilliant white — will have you in tears and utterly hooked. A sublime addition to the portfolio of the late, great artist.
i-D
Alessandro Merola
The scathing captions — writ large in brilliant white — will have you in tears and utterly hooked. A sublime addition to the portfolio of the late, great artist.
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Melvin Backman
There aren’t any introductory essays or explanatory texts to make the farce of the thing plain, but if you can look at a catcaller get jump-cut hit by a car while badgering poor Polly during an afternoon stroll without laughing, I don’t know what to tell you.
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Featured spreads are from new release William Klein: Who Are You, Polly Maggoo, the legendary Paris-based American photographer’s pitch-perfect translation of his 1966 black-and-white cult film into cinematic photo-novel form. Weighing in at 544 heavily saturated pages, this literal page-turner by the American Vogue insider satirizes the absurdity and excess of the world of haute couture, even as it brings the glamour. "Starring" model Dorothy McGowan as Polly Maggoo, American television actress Grayson Hall as the Diana Vreeland-like editor, French film actor Philippe Noiret as the television reporter and director, the book also features Jean Rochefort, Sami Frey and Alice Sapritch in supporting roles. continue to blog
Featured spreads are from new release William Klein: Who Are You, Polly Maggoo, the legendary Paris-based American photographer’s pitch-perfect translation of his 1966 black-and-white cult film into cinematic photo-novel form. Weighing in at 544 heavily saturated pages, this literal page-turner by the American Vogue insider satirizes the absurdity and excess of the world of haute couture, even as it brings the glamour. "Starring" model Dorothy McGowan as Polly Maggoo, American television actress Grayson Hall as the Diana Vreeland-like editor, French film actor Philippe Noiret as the television reporter and director, the book also features Jean Rochefort, Sami Frey and Alice Sapritch in supporting roles. continue to blog
FORMAT: Hbk, 10 x 12.75 in. / 544 pgs. LIST PRICE: U.S. $125.00 LIST PRICE: CANADA $181 GBP £110.00 ISBN: 9781636811154 PUBLISHER: delpire & co/D.A.P. AVAILABLE: 10/10/2023 DISTRIBUTION: D.A.P. RETAILER DISC: TRADE PUBLISHING STATUS: Active AVAILABILITY: In stock TERRITORY: WORLD
William Klein’s 1966 cult classic send-up of Paris haute couture — Vanity Fair
Based on the original images and dialogue of William Klein’s 1966 film Who Are You, Polly Maggoo?, this fantastic photo-novel tells the adventures of Polly Maggoo, a star model played by Dorothy McGowan (model for Vogue in the 1960s). The plot unfolds across the fashion world of Polly Maggoo; the world of television (based around the character of director Jean Rochefort); and a magical kingdom of operetta whose crown prince (played by Sami Frey) is in love with the young model. Also featuring in this star-studded cast are Alice Sapritch, Delphine Seyrig, Philippe Noiret, Roland Topor and Jacques Seiler.
The publication ingeniously translates into book form the zany universe of the film. Klein’s masterful framing gives exquisite rhythm to its page composition and flow as we follow the crazy adventures of the extraordinary heroine in a madcap race through the streets and rooftops of Paris, all the way up to a distant palace lost in the snow.
Born in New York, William Klein (1926–2022) was a multidisciplinary artist whose practice revolutionized photography, particularly fashion and street photography. His fashion work was the subject of several iconic photobooks, including Life Is Good and Good for You in New York (1957) and Tokyo (1964). In the 1980s, he turned to film projects. His works are held in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, and the Art Institute of Chicago, among others.
