In the coffee-table book *TATTOO. Henk Schiffmacher’s Private Collection*, legendary Amsterdam tattoo artist Henk Schiffmacher takes readers on a journey through the history of tattooing and recounts the adventures behind the creation of the world’s largest tattoo collection.
In his coffee-table book *TATTOO. Henk Schiffmacher’s Private Collection*, legendary Amsterdam tattoo artist Henk Schiffmacher takes readers on a journey through the history of tattooing. The book spans two centuries of tattoo history, interwoven with an intimate look at the lives of tattoo artists—and the personal struggles and triumphs, occupational hazards, and artistic courage that have shaped so much of this history.
Over the past forty years, Henk Schiffmacher has put his heart and soul into his collection, collecting tattoo drawings, designs, photographs and artifacts from around the world. Each of the book's five chapters contains many never-before-seen highlights from this collection, including lithographs, etchings, tattoo instruments, paintings, photographs, posters, signboards, original drawings and tattoo designs known in the trade as flash. extremely rare vintage flash sheets from major players in early Western tattooing.
The vastness and diversity of tattoos around the world is chronicled in the book's more than 700 images, including the indigenous tattooing of the Maori and Pacific Islanders, the ancient traditions of Asia and the origins of old-fashioned Western tattoos in Europe and the United States. States.
The book also includes a dozen original illustrations by Schiffmacher in his inimitable style, as well as a personal introduction describing Schiffmacher's own journey as both an artist and a collector that shaped his view of the art's journey from the underground to the mainstream. Schiffmacher brings a fascinating perspective to tattoo history through his personal reflections and wild adventure stories.
In Schiffmacher’s book *TATTOO*, we learn not only about the history of tattooing, but also about the adventures behind the creation of one of the world’s largest tattoo collections, by a self-taught tattoo artist who is in love with the art and its innovators.
Specifications
Title: TATTOO. Henk Schiffmacher’s Private Collection
Author: Henk Schiffmacher
Publisher: Taschen
Dimensions: 250 x 340 x 50 mm
Size: 440 pages
Weight: 3.52 kg
Language: English, German, French
Material: Hardcover
ISBN: 9783754406670
