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STARART
Designed and edited by Deborah Chesher
STARART is a coffee table art book exhibiting the fine art of music icons Joni Mitchell, John Mayall, Ron Wood, Klaus Voormann, Cat Stevens and Commander Cody, along with in-depth interviews and comments by the artists about their art. STARART was published December, 1979 and is now an out-of-print collector's item.
Praise for STARART:
“This is a very rare and unique book which was beautifully designed and edited.” --Christine Chenevey, majicat.com
“If you ever run across this book, mortgage your house to pay for it it’s an incredible item!” --jmdl.com
“Chesher developed one of the most remarkable rock books ever made…it has been assembled with the utmost care and consistently high quality.” West Coast Review of Books
“A spectacular and sumptuous volume.” --Blair Jackson, BAM
Check out this video of never-before-seen footage of the Starart artists and author.
Specifications: 12in. x 9in. landscape, 240 pages, over 250 art reproductions, ISBN 0-9690053-X
Unlike the used Starart books available online and occasionally on ebay, these books are all new copies that were unsold. They have been in boxes since the early eighties and have been moved several times. Since they do have varying degrees of normal wear and aging, they have been divided into three categories and priced accordingly.
Specifications: 12in. x 10in. landscape, 240 pages, over 250 art reproductions, gold gilded, burgundy leather bound, leather case, numbered and hand signed by the artists (except Cat Stevens signature imprinted due to his name change to Yusuf Islam) .
This beautiful numbered and signed collector's edition of 300 books has never been offered to the public. Copies were sold privately to friends, celebrities and by word-of-mouth. The remaining copies are in perfect condition and have never been removed from their individual taped cartons.
Specifications: 16in. x 20in. Four color process on chrome coat card stock. Only 500 printed of each image. Of those 50 were numbered and signed by the artist and 10 were signed as Artist Proofs.
The book openingon November 10, 1979 at The Art Garden in Los Angeles, CA.
John Mayall (holding his own piece), Joni Mitchell (holding a Cody piece), Klaus Voormann (holding a Joni piece), Ron Wood (holding a Klaus piece), Commander Cody (holding a Ron piece), and Deborah Chesher (holding a Cat Stevens piece).