Publisher: Twelvetrees Press
Year: 1986
Edition: First edition 
Signed: No 
Language: English
Pages: 86
Size: 35 x 28 cm
Binding: Hardback
Condition: Good, no dust jacket 
ISBN: 0-942642-22-8

Baron Wilhelm von Gloeden (Wismar, 1856 – Taormina, 1931) was a German photographer known for his erotic images of adolescent boys. Often featuring subjects wearing togas and headdresses in staged poses, his works were inspired by Classical Greek and Roman art, as well as mythology. His work was considered controversial during his life and many of his glass plate negatives and prints were destroyed in acts of censorship by the Facist police. In addition to the classical-inspired tableaux vivant, Von Gloeden also shot portraits of the Taorminesi and Sicilian landscapes. The postcards with his images contributed largely to the development of tourism both in Taormina (visited in those years by D.H. Lawrence, Oscar Wilde, and other great intellectuals) as well as the whole of Sicily.
This vintage book from Twelvetrees Press collects his most famous nude works with exceptional quality print reproductions on fine matt ivory paper, and features a foreword by Roland Barthes.