The Art of Noir: The Posters and Graphics from The Classic Era of Film Noir by Muller, Eddie - 2004

Woodstock & New York: The Overlook Press, 2004. 1st Edition Thus. Soft cover. Fine. 4to. First soft cover edition. 271 pp. Fully illustrated in vibrant colour. Light bumps to corners, slight delamination to fore edge of front cover. Scuffing to tail edge of text block. Film noir is all about style, even more than it is about crime. The poster art from the noir era has a bold look and an iconography all its own, a sizzling marriage of sex and violence, the sinuous figures of femme fatales appearing alongside the granite features of the era's tough-guy stars. The Art of Noir is the first book to present this striking artwork in a single lavishly produced, large format, full-colour volume.