A complete example of the 1986 Pirelli Calendar, which features a collaboration between photographer Bert Stern and twelve emerging artists from the Royal College of Art in London. This edition is notable for its avant-garde approach, combining live models with surrealist paintings and sculptural sets. The calendar is a large format wall publication, wire-bound at the top, and printed on heavy-weight paper using high-quality offset lithography. The front cover depicts a model wearing painted sunglasses and holding a paintbrush. Each monthly plate is accompanied by a separate art plate crediting the individual artist: Andrew Carnie (January), David Austen (February), Paul Gough (March), Fiona Miller (April), James Gemmill (May), Mark Wainwright (June), Dusko Sibl (July), Laura Holliday (August), Eva Bosch (September), Tim Long (October), Andrew Haworth (November), and Martin Pearce (December). The work includes the red Pirelli logo on the calendar pages. This specific copy is numbered 020583 within a printed box on the interior. The overall art direction is credited to Martyn Walsh and Terracelord Ltd. The subject matter consists of professional artistic female nudity presented through a fine-art lens.
Dimensions: approximately 600mm x 430mm.
Dimensions: 60x44cm approx
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