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"Six" magazine issues one through eight
Published by: Comme des Garçons, Ltd. (Japanese, founded in 1969)
Japanese
1988–1991
Medium/Technique
paper, printed
Dimensions
Each issue approximately
Length x width: 39.4 × 29.8 cm (15 1/2 × 11 3/4 in.)
Length x width: 39.4 × 29.8 cm (15 1/2 × 11 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Frank B. Bemis Fund, William E. Nickerson Fund, Otis Norcross Fund, Frederick Brown Fund, Helen and Alice Colburn Fund, and Alice M. Barlett Fund
Accession Number2017.4315.1-8
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Contemporary Art
ClassificationsDocumentation
DescriptionGroup of the first eight (8) biannual issues of "Six" magazine, edited by Atsuko Kozasu, published by Comme des Garçons, each exploring the theme of the sixth sense, comprising:
Number 1 (1988):
André Kertész ("Masks" 1924; "Quartet" 1924; "Portrait"; "Young girls" 1929; "Elizabeth" 1931)
Eileen Gray (Kazuko Koike)
Kotaro Sugiyama
Michel Sauer (by Thomas Struth)
Jean Cocteau
Yohji Yamamoto (interview)
"I am a cat"
Comme des Garçons (Peter Lindbergh and Sachiko Kuru)
Comme des Garçons Noir (Sachiko Kuru)
Comme des Garçons Tricot (Sachiko Kuru)
Comme des Garçons Homme (Edward Albee, Ellsworth Kelly, Robert Ryman, Philip Taaffe by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders)
Comme des Garçons Homme Plus (Jean Cocteau by Sinji Mori)
Comme des Garçons Robe de Chambre (Arthur Elgort)
Advertisements: Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Inc., Suntory Limited (by Eiichiro Sakata), Kanematsu-Gosho, Ltd.
Number 2 (1988):
Parallels
Gilbert & George
Leiko Ikemura ("Wild Cats and Domesticated Cats")
Jean-Paul Gaultier/Comme des Garçons 1982-1987 (Linda Evangelista, et al, by Peter Lindbergh)
Comme des Garçons Homme Plus (John Malkovich by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders)
Advertisement: Shiseido (Tactics Cologne)
Number 3 (1989):
Pierre Boucher ("Frieze")
"Movement" (by Max Vadukul)
Azzedine Alaia ("Cooking" by Richard Dumas)
Comme des Garçons Homme Plus (Francesco Clemente by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders)
Fresh Kewpie Mayonnaise (by Pierre Boucher)
Advertisements: Q.P. Co., Ltd., Suntory Limited (Mickey Rourke by Minsei Tominaga), Japan Tobacco, Inc.
Number 4 (1989): in protective clear plastic sleeve marked "Comme des Garçons"
Arthur Elgort 1947-81 (USA, Peru, London, Spain, Nova Scotia)
Arthur Elgort 1989 (Sicily)
Josef Koudelka 1968-84 (Switzerland, Sicily, England, France, Spain, etc.)
Saul Leiter 1947-89 (New York)
Peter Lindbergh 1989 (Berlin)
Mike and Doug Starn 1989 (New York)
Issey Miyake meets Lucie Rie 1989 (Tokyo)
Advertisements: Shibuya Seibu Seed, Japan Tobacco, Inc.
Number 5 (1990):
Timothy Greenfield-Sanders for Comme des Garçons and Comme des Garçons Homme Plus (Adrien Chalk, John Lurie, Mathew Jocelyn, John Malkovich, Bern Fry, Spencer Leigh, Julian Sands, Mark Holburn, Christiaan, Enzo Cucchi, Charles Schumann)
Brian Griffin for Comme des Garçons Homme Plus (John Malkovich, John Lurie, Charles Schumann, Antoine Plateau, Christiaan)
Peter Lindbergh (Comme des Garçons)
Minsei Tominaga (Naomi Campbell for Comme des Garçons and Comme des Garçons Noir)
Steven Meisel (Comme des Garçons)
Enzo Cucchi
Line Vautrin
Number 6 (1990):
Niko Pirosmani
Salvador Dali
Dino Buzzati
John H. Murphy
Comme des Garçons (Brian Griffin, Peter Lindbergh, Kishin Shinoyama)
Comme des Garçons Homme Plus (John Cale by Brian Griffin)
Number 7 (1991): in protective clear plastic sleeve marked "Comme des Garçons"
Madame Yevonde (Dorothy, Duchess of Wellington, as Hecate, 1935; Mrs. Charles Sweeny as Helen of Troy, 1935)
Juergen Teller
Comme des Garçons (Javier Vallhonrat, Brenda Daniels by Christian Moser)
Comme des Garçons Homme Plus (Harry Dean Stanton by Brian Griffin)
Number 8 (1991):
Louise Nevelson (cover, by Novarro)
Andy Warhol (by Dennis Hopper)
Nahui Olin (by Edward Weston)
Alessandro Mendini ("Interior of an Interior," Proust chair)
Comme des Garçons (Djemillah by Brian Griffin; Deborah Harry by Javier Vallhonrat; Sandra Bernhard by Peter Lindbergh; Anna Pawlowski by Juergen Teller)
Comme des Garçons Noir (Farida Khelfa by Brian Griffin)
Comme des Garçons Homme Plus (Dennis Hopper by Jeannette Montgomery Barron)
Number 1 (1988):
André Kertész ("Masks" 1924; "Quartet" 1924; "Portrait"; "Young girls" 1929; "Elizabeth" 1931)
Eileen Gray (Kazuko Koike)
Kotaro Sugiyama
Michel Sauer (by Thomas Struth)
Jean Cocteau
Yohji Yamamoto (interview)
"I am a cat"
Comme des Garçons (Peter Lindbergh and Sachiko Kuru)
Comme des Garçons Noir (Sachiko Kuru)
Comme des Garçons Tricot (Sachiko Kuru)
Comme des Garçons Homme (Edward Albee, Ellsworth Kelly, Robert Ryman, Philip Taaffe by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders)
Comme des Garçons Homme Plus (Jean Cocteau by Sinji Mori)
Comme des Garçons Robe de Chambre (Arthur Elgort)
Advertisements: Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Inc., Suntory Limited (by Eiichiro Sakata), Kanematsu-Gosho, Ltd.
Number 2 (1988):
Parallels
Gilbert & George
Leiko Ikemura ("Wild Cats and Domesticated Cats")
Jean-Paul Gaultier/Comme des Garçons 1982-1987 (Linda Evangelista, et al, by Peter Lindbergh)
Comme des Garçons Homme Plus (John Malkovich by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders)
Advertisement: Shiseido (Tactics Cologne)
Number 3 (1989):
Pierre Boucher ("Frieze")
"Movement" (by Max Vadukul)
Azzedine Alaia ("Cooking" by Richard Dumas)
Comme des Garçons Homme Plus (Francesco Clemente by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders)
Fresh Kewpie Mayonnaise (by Pierre Boucher)
Advertisements: Q.P. Co., Ltd., Suntory Limited (Mickey Rourke by Minsei Tominaga), Japan Tobacco, Inc.
Number 4 (1989): in protective clear plastic sleeve marked "Comme des Garçons"
Arthur Elgort 1947-81 (USA, Peru, London, Spain, Nova Scotia)
Arthur Elgort 1989 (Sicily)
Josef Koudelka 1968-84 (Switzerland, Sicily, England, France, Spain, etc.)
Saul Leiter 1947-89 (New York)
Peter Lindbergh 1989 (Berlin)
Mike and Doug Starn 1989 (New York)
Issey Miyake meets Lucie Rie 1989 (Tokyo)
Advertisements: Shibuya Seibu Seed, Japan Tobacco, Inc.
Number 5 (1990):
Timothy Greenfield-Sanders for Comme des Garçons and Comme des Garçons Homme Plus (Adrien Chalk, John Lurie, Mathew Jocelyn, John Malkovich, Bern Fry, Spencer Leigh, Julian Sands, Mark Holburn, Christiaan, Enzo Cucchi, Charles Schumann)
Brian Griffin for Comme des Garçons Homme Plus (John Malkovich, John Lurie, Charles Schumann, Antoine Plateau, Christiaan)
Peter Lindbergh (Comme des Garçons)
Minsei Tominaga (Naomi Campbell for Comme des Garçons and Comme des Garçons Noir)
Steven Meisel (Comme des Garçons)
Enzo Cucchi
Line Vautrin
Number 6 (1990):
Niko Pirosmani
Salvador Dali
Dino Buzzati
John H. Murphy
Comme des Garçons (Brian Griffin, Peter Lindbergh, Kishin Shinoyama)
Comme des Garçons Homme Plus (John Cale by Brian Griffin)
Number 7 (1991): in protective clear plastic sleeve marked "Comme des Garçons"
Madame Yevonde (Dorothy, Duchess of Wellington, as Hecate, 1935; Mrs. Charles Sweeny as Helen of Troy, 1935)
Juergen Teller
Comme des Garçons (Javier Vallhonrat, Brenda Daniels by Christian Moser)
Comme des Garçons Homme Plus (Harry Dean Stanton by Brian Griffin)
Number 8 (1991):
Louise Nevelson (cover, by Novarro)
Andy Warhol (by Dennis Hopper)
Nahui Olin (by Edward Weston)
Alessandro Mendini ("Interior of an Interior," Proust chair)
Comme des Garçons (Djemillah by Brian Griffin; Deborah Harry by Javier Vallhonrat; Sandra Bernhard by Peter Lindbergh; Anna Pawlowski by Juergen Teller)
Comme des Garçons Noir (Farida Khelfa by Brian Griffin)
Comme des Garçons Homme Plus (Dennis Hopper by Jeannette Montgomery Barron)
ProvenanceBy 2017, Cynthea J. Bogel, Tieton, WA; 2017, sold by Cynthea J. Bogel to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 14, 2017)