MADONNA / SEX

Madonna 
SEX  1992 (Unopened)
Aluminium hardcover in foil wrapping, 128 pages
35.5 x 28.5cm
Warner Books, USA

Condition: Unopened, some minor scuffing to outside wrapper. All in all a very fine copy.

Madonna’s Sex book is one of the most iconic and resounding art projects conceived by the pop star. The photographs by Steven Meisel feature open-minded erotic imagery and sexual fantasies. It was released on October 21, 1992, as a visual companion to her fifth studio album Erotica. In fact, a CD single with the song “Erotic” was included in the package, whose lyrics consist of passages from the book read by Madonna. The original price was $50 USD. 

Due to the great expectation the announcement provoked, Sex book sold over 150,000 copies on the day of its release, and topped The New York Times Best Seller list for three consecutive weeks. In only a few days, more than 1.5 million copies were sold worldwide, becoming the best-selling coffee table book of all time. Not surprisingly, the book was denounced by the Vatican. It was subsequently banned in India and Japan. 

The graphic coffee-table book has been one of the most popular out-of-print titles in the US for years and a collector's item since it was first published in 1992. Un-opened copies are rare and extremely sought after with this copy being in near fine condition. Sure to be a collectors item for many years to come.

The book features not only Madonna, but also other artists and celebrities such as Naomi Campbell, Isabella Rossellini, Udo Kier, Tony Ward, Vanilla Ice, and Big Daddy Kane.