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Aaron Siskind
Bucks County: Photographs of Early Architecture
1974
Book hardbound
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Horizon Press, NY, 1974. Hardcover quarto. First edition. 112 pages. Handsome brown cloth boards with titles on spine, as issued. Photographs by Aaron Siskind. Essay by William Morgan. In pictorial dust jacket with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Presents an unusual document in Aaron Siskind's seminal oeuvre. It is instructive of Siskind's growth and development as one of the most influential American photographers. Drawn to both the rural and artistic reputation of Bucks County, Siskind arrived in 1935 to photograph its architecture. Very fine.
Price: $125 (ref. 9022)
Bucks County: Photographs of Early Architecture
1974
Book hardbound
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Horizon Press, NY, 1974. Hardcover quarto. First edition. 112 pages. Handsome brown cloth boards with titles on spine, as issued. Photographs by Aaron Siskind. Essay by William Morgan. In pictorial dust jacket with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Presents an unusual document in Aaron Siskind's seminal oeuvre. It is instructive of Siskind's growth and development as one of the most influential American photographers. Drawn to both the rural and artistic reputation of Bucks County, Siskind arrived in 1935 to photograph its architecture. Very fine.
Price: $125 (ref. 9022)
Jerry Spagnoli
Jerry Spagnoli: Daguerreotypes 1995-2004
2006
Book softbound
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Published by Steidl; 2006. ISBN No. 3-86521-200-X; also ISBN 13: 978-3-86521-200-9. 120 pages. To quote Matt Damsker's review of this book: "This collection of a decade's worth of daguerreotypes by Jerry Spagnoli reflects the artist's metaphysical passion for depicting light--not merely as an element of composition, but as the essence of reality. Indeed, in his introduction, Spagnoli offers an eloquent and somewhat mystical rationale for utilizing the prototypical medium of daguerreotype: "The image…is not in a steady state like other photographs. It is elusive, fugitive…it remains a potential image until it is presented under the correct optical/spatial conditions…and the light from a scene in the past strikes your eye like new." But in the end these images must speak for themselves, and so they do, powerfully and beautifully, as Spagnoli's meticulous scans for this handsome book superbly capture the metallic glint of the daguerreotype's unique silver-plate process. At their most dramatic, as in shots of New York City sky and sun above skyscrapers, Central Park, or the East River, the azure and cobalt blues that result from intentional overexposure convey a dreamlike beauty seeping through the austere sepia of the daguerreotype. This effect, at its best in subtle yet startling slivers of blue light that activate the stolid architecture and solid geometry of the subject matter, makes a seamless connection between photography's beginnings and its postmodernist project. This is especially true in Spagnoli's shots of desert rock formations, in which his alchemical auras take on an otherwordly grace. At the same time, his many close-up studies of the human body--hands, shoulders, faces in profile, folds of skin pressed and stretched--are textural tours de force in which the metallic charge of the medium blends with the living warmth of skin tone, hair, and human gesture. The result is a freshly invigorated way of seeing, struck like a flint-spark from photography's oldest form. In every way, Spagnoli's "Daguerreotypes" is a triumph."
Price: $40 (ref. 9443)
Jerry Spagnoli: Daguerreotypes 1995-2004
2006
Book softbound
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Published by Steidl; 2006. ISBN No. 3-86521-200-X; also ISBN 13: 978-3-86521-200-9. 120 pages. To quote Matt Damsker's review of this book: "This collection of a decade's worth of daguerreotypes by Jerry Spagnoli reflects the artist's metaphysical passion for depicting light--not merely as an element of composition, but as the essence of reality. Indeed, in his introduction, Spagnoli offers an eloquent and somewhat mystical rationale for utilizing the prototypical medium of daguerreotype: "The image…is not in a steady state like other photographs. It is elusive, fugitive…it remains a potential image until it is presented under the correct optical/spatial conditions…and the light from a scene in the past strikes your eye like new." But in the end these images must speak for themselves, and so they do, powerfully and beautifully, as Spagnoli's meticulous scans for this handsome book superbly capture the metallic glint of the daguerreotype's unique silver-plate process. At their most dramatic, as in shots of New York City sky and sun above skyscrapers, Central Park, or the East River, the azure and cobalt blues that result from intentional overexposure convey a dreamlike beauty seeping through the austere sepia of the daguerreotype. This effect, at its best in subtle yet startling slivers of blue light that activate the stolid architecture and solid geometry of the subject matter, makes a seamless connection between photography's beginnings and its postmodernist project. This is especially true in Spagnoli's shots of desert rock formations, in which his alchemical auras take on an otherwordly grace. At the same time, his many close-up studies of the human body--hands, shoulders, faces in profile, folds of skin pressed and stretched--are textural tours de force in which the metallic charge of the medium blends with the living warmth of skin tone, hair, and human gesture. The result is a freshly invigorated way of seeing, struck like a flint-spark from photography's oldest form. In every way, Spagnoli's "Daguerreotypes" is a triumph."
Price: $40 (ref. 9443)
Josef Sudek
Vitezslav Nezval: Prazsky Chodec
1981
Book hardbound
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Praha/Slunovrat: Ceskoslovensky Spisovatel, 1981. Cloth. Dark, moody, b&w photographs in gravure. Text in Czech. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. Epilog by Rezac, photographs by Sudek. 92 pages of text, 32 pages of photography.
Price: $125 (ref. 9072)
Vitezslav Nezval: Prazsky Chodec
1981
Book hardbound
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Praha/Slunovrat: Ceskoslovensky Spisovatel, 1981. Cloth. Dark, moody, b&w photographs in gravure. Text in Czech. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. Epilog by Rezac, photographs by Sudek. 92 pages of text, 32 pages of photography.
Price: $125 (ref. 9072)
Arthur Tress
Arthur Tress: Fantastic Voyage, Photographs 1956-2000
2001
Book (Signed Copy) hardbound
11-1/4 x 9-3/4 in. (286 x 248 mm)
Signed by the photographer and out of print. This is Arthur Tress's book on his major retrospective, which was also exhibited at the Corcoran Gallery of Art, which published it in association with Bulfinch Press of Little, Brown and Co. Essays by Richard Lorenz and John Wood. The 200-page hardbound and jacketed book has 274 illustrations, including 55 full color plates and 180 duotone images. The book has excerpts from all of Tress's photographic explorations, including his more recent color work.
Price: $85 (ref. 10891)
Arthur Tress: Fantastic Voyage, Photographs 1956-2000
2001
Book (Signed Copy) hardbound
11-1/4 x 9-3/4 in. (286 x 248 mm)
Signed by the photographer and out of print. This is Arthur Tress's book on his major retrospective, which was also exhibited at the Corcoran Gallery of Art, which published it in association with Bulfinch Press of Little, Brown and Co. Essays by Richard Lorenz and John Wood. The 200-page hardbound and jacketed book has 274 illustrations, including 55 full color plates and 180 duotone images. The book has excerpts from all of Tress's photographic explorations, including his more recent color work.
Price: $85 (ref. 10891)
Arthur Tress
Hand
2008
Book (Signed/Editioned) Hardcover, Dust Jacket
7 x 7 in. (178 x 178 mm)
This artist book is a special signed edition limited to 100 copies. The book is 74 pages with black & white photographs reproduced. Arthur Tress was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY on November 24, 1940. He took his first photographs while still in elementary school in 1952. He attended Bard College where he studied art and art history, world culture and philosophy under Heinrich Bluecher. He continued to photograph and began making short films. He graduated in 1962 with a B.F.A. After graduation from Bard, Tress moved to Paris to attend film school. After traveling through Europe, Egypt, Japan, India and Mexico, he settled in Stockholm, Sweden and worked as a photographer at the Stockholm Ethnographic Museum. In 1968 he moved back to New York with a commitment to becoming a professional photographer. He had his first one-person exhibition this year, "Appalachia--People and Places", which was held at the Smithsonian Institute and the Sierra Gallery (New York City). He worked as a documentary photographer for V.I.S.T.A. from 1969-1970. He exhibited his series "Open Space in the Inner City" at the same Sierra Gallery in 1970 and received a New York State Council on the Arts grant for the series the next year. In 1972 he got a National Endowment for the Arts grant for his "Dream Collector" series. In 1976 he received a second New York State Council on the Arts grant for his "Theater of the Mind" series. In 1980 he published a book on the male nude called, "Arthur Tress: Facing Up, A 12-Year Survey", which also was exhibited the Robert Samuel Gallery in New York. The same year he began to create his "Teapot Opera" photographs. His major retrospective "Talisman" traveled from 1986-1988, opening at the Photography Gallery in London and then moving to the Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, U.K., Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfort, Germany and the Musee de la Photographie, Charleroi, Belgium. In 1992 Tress moved to Cambria, CA. He has been published numerous times, including in the monographs, "Arthur Tress: The Dream Collector", "Shadow: A Novel in Photographs", "Theatre of the Mind", "Reeves" and "Arthur Tress: Fantastic Voyage: Photographs 1956-2000". His work is in the collection of numerous museums and institutions, including the New York Museum of Modern Art, the New York Metropolitan Museum, the George Eastman House, the Bibliotheque Nationale, the Centre Georges Pompidou, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the San Francisco Museum of Art, the Houston Museum of Fine Art, the Whitney Museum of Art, the Stedelijk Museum, the High Museum of Art, the Chicago Center for Contemporary Art, the Cincinnati Art Museum, the Art Institute of Chicago and the Milwaukee Art Museum. In 2001, the Corcoran Gallery of Art featured a retrospective of his work entitled "Arthur Tress: Fantastic Voyage: Photographs 1956-2000" which took an intimate look at his long and varied career.
Price: $85 (ref. 11227)
Hand
2008
Book (Signed/Editioned) Hardcover, Dust Jacket
7 x 7 in. (178 x 178 mm)
This artist book is a special signed edition limited to 100 copies. The book is 74 pages with black & white photographs reproduced. Arthur Tress was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY on November 24, 1940. He took his first photographs while still in elementary school in 1952. He attended Bard College where he studied art and art history, world culture and philosophy under Heinrich Bluecher. He continued to photograph and began making short films. He graduated in 1962 with a B.F.A. After graduation from Bard, Tress moved to Paris to attend film school. After traveling through Europe, Egypt, Japan, India and Mexico, he settled in Stockholm, Sweden and worked as a photographer at the Stockholm Ethnographic Museum. In 1968 he moved back to New York with a commitment to becoming a professional photographer. He had his first one-person exhibition this year, "Appalachia--People and Places", which was held at the Smithsonian Institute and the Sierra Gallery (New York City). He worked as a documentary photographer for V.I.S.T.A. from 1969-1970. He exhibited his series "Open Space in the Inner City" at the same Sierra Gallery in 1970 and received a New York State Council on the Arts grant for the series the next year. In 1972 he got a National Endowment for the Arts grant for his "Dream Collector" series. In 1976 he received a second New York State Council on the Arts grant for his "Theater of the Mind" series. In 1980 he published a book on the male nude called, "Arthur Tress: Facing Up, A 12-Year Survey", which also was exhibited the Robert Samuel Gallery in New York. The same year he began to create his "Teapot Opera" photographs. His major retrospective "Talisman" traveled from 1986-1988, opening at the Photography Gallery in London and then moving to the Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, U.K., Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfort, Germany and the Musee de la Photographie, Charleroi, Belgium. In 1992 Tress moved to Cambria, CA. He has been published numerous times, including in the monographs, "Arthur Tress: The Dream Collector", "Shadow: A Novel in Photographs", "Theatre of the Mind", "Reeves" and "Arthur Tress: Fantastic Voyage: Photographs 1956-2000". His work is in the collection of numerous museums and institutions, including the New York Museum of Modern Art, the New York Metropolitan Museum, the George Eastman House, the Bibliotheque Nationale, the Centre Georges Pompidou, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the San Francisco Museum of Art, the Houston Museum of Fine Art, the Whitney Museum of Art, the Stedelijk Museum, the High Museum of Art, the Chicago Center for Contemporary Art, the Cincinnati Art Museum, the Art Institute of Chicago and the Milwaukee Art Museum. In 2001, the Corcoran Gallery of Art featured a retrospective of his work entitled "Arthur Tress: Fantastic Voyage: Photographs 1956-2000" which took an intimate look at his long and varied career.
Price: $85 (ref. 11227)
Arthur Tress
Hand
2008
Book with Ink Jet Print in original album or book format
10 x 8 in. (254 x 203 mm)
This is a special deluxe edition of 50 copies with a small, signed and editioned ink jet print, which is illustrated in the book. The book is signed and editioned. The size refers to the paper size of the print. Arthur Tress was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY on November 24, 1940. He took his first photographs while still in elementary school in 1952. He attended Bard College where he studied art and art history, world culture and philosophy under Heinrich Bluecher. He continued to photograph and began making short films. He graduated in 1962 with a B.F.A. After graduation from Bard, Tress moved to Paris to attend film school. After traveling through Europe, Egypt, Japan, India and Mexico, he settled in Stockholm, Sweden and worked as a photographer at the Stockholm Ethnographic Museum. In 1968 he moved back to New York with a commitment to becoming a professional photographer. He had his first one-person exhibition this year, "Appalachia--People and Places", which was held at the Smithsonian Institute and the Sierra Gallery (New York City). He worked as a documentary photographer for V.I.S.T.A. from 1969-1970. He exhibited his series "Open Space in the Inner City" at the same Sierra Gallery in 1970 and received a New York State Council on the Arts grant for the series the next year. In 1972 he got a National Endowment for the Arts grant for his "Dream Collector" series. In 1976 he received a second New York State Council on the Arts grant for his "Theater of the Mind" series. In 1980 he published a book on the male nude called, "Arthur Tress: Facing Up, A 12-Year Survey", which also was exhibited the Robert Samuel Gallery in New York. The same year he began to create his "Teapot Opera" photographs. His major retrospective "Talisman" traveled from 1986-1988, opening at the Photography Gallery in London and then moving to the Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, U.K., Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfort, Germany and the Musee de la Photographie, Charleroi, Belgium. In 1992 Tress moved to Cambria, CA. He has been published numerous times, including in the monographs, "Arthur Tress: The Dream Collector", "Shadow: A Novel in Photographs", "Theatre of the Mind", "Reeves" and "Arthur Tress: Fantastic Voyage: Photographs 1956-2000". His work is in the collection of numerous museums and institutions, including the New York Museum of Modern Art, the New York Metropolitan Museum, the George Eastman House, the Bibliotheque Nationale, the Centre Georges Pompidou, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the San Francisco Museum of Art, the Houston Museum of Fine Art, the Whitney Museum of Art, the Stedelijk Museum, the High Museum of Art, the Chicago Center for Contemporary Art, the Cincinnati Art Museum, the Art Institute of Chicago and the Milwaukee Art Museum. In 2001, the Corcoran Gallery of Art featured a retrospective of his work entitled "Arthur Tress: Fantastic Voyage: Photographs 1956-2000" which took an intimate look at his long and varied career.
Price: $200 (ref. 11233)
Hand
2008
Book with Ink Jet Print in original album or book format
10 x 8 in. (254 x 203 mm)
This is a special deluxe edition of 50 copies with a small, signed and editioned ink jet print, which is illustrated in the book. The book is signed and editioned. The size refers to the paper size of the print. Arthur Tress was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY on November 24, 1940. He took his first photographs while still in elementary school in 1952. He attended Bard College where he studied art and art history, world culture and philosophy under Heinrich Bluecher. He continued to photograph and began making short films. He graduated in 1962 with a B.F.A. After graduation from Bard, Tress moved to Paris to attend film school. After traveling through Europe, Egypt, Japan, India and Mexico, he settled in Stockholm, Sweden and worked as a photographer at the Stockholm Ethnographic Museum. In 1968 he moved back to New York with a commitment to becoming a professional photographer. He had his first one-person exhibition this year, "Appalachia--People and Places", which was held at the Smithsonian Institute and the Sierra Gallery (New York City). He worked as a documentary photographer for V.I.S.T.A. from 1969-1970. He exhibited his series "Open Space in the Inner City" at the same Sierra Gallery in 1970 and received a New York State Council on the Arts grant for the series the next year. In 1972 he got a National Endowment for the Arts grant for his "Dream Collector" series. In 1976 he received a second New York State Council on the Arts grant for his "Theater of the Mind" series. In 1980 he published a book on the male nude called, "Arthur Tress: Facing Up, A 12-Year Survey", which also was exhibited the Robert Samuel Gallery in New York. The same year he began to create his "Teapot Opera" photographs. His major retrospective "Talisman" traveled from 1986-1988, opening at the Photography Gallery in London and then moving to the Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, U.K., Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfort, Germany and the Musee de la Photographie, Charleroi, Belgium. In 1992 Tress moved to Cambria, CA. He has been published numerous times, including in the monographs, "Arthur Tress: The Dream Collector", "Shadow: A Novel in Photographs", "Theatre of the Mind", "Reeves" and "Arthur Tress: Fantastic Voyage: Photographs 1956-2000". His work is in the collection of numerous museums and institutions, including the New York Museum of Modern Art, the New York Metropolitan Museum, the George Eastman House, the Bibliotheque Nationale, the Centre Georges Pompidou, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the San Francisco Museum of Art, the Houston Museum of Fine Art, the Whitney Museum of Art, the Stedelijk Museum, the High Museum of Art, the Chicago Center for Contemporary Art, the Cincinnati Art Museum, the Art Institute of Chicago and the Milwaukee Art Museum. In 2001, the Corcoran Gallery of Art featured a retrospective of his work entitled "Arthur Tress: Fantastic Voyage: Photographs 1956-2000" which took an intimate look at his long and varied career.
Price: $200 (ref. 11233)