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The Grotesque In Photography, A First Collection Of Photographers Whose Fantastic Visions Of Life Are As Revolutionary As Those Of The Impressionists (Signed)
by Coleman, A.D
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- Hardcover
- Signed
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About This Item
Ridge Press/ Summit Books, New York, 1977; Quarto, 208 pages; red cloth, orange titles. Large collection of bizarre b&w images from such photographers as Emmet Gowin, Les Krims, Peter Hujar, Paul Diamond, Duane Michals, Andre Kertesz, Bill Brandt, Edward Weston, Ralph Eugene Meatyard, Arthur Tress, Brassai, Weegee, Jerry Uelsmann, Erwin Blumenfeld, Richard Kerstel, Max Waldman, Allen A. Dutton, Clarence John Laughlin, Ellen Carey, Lucas Samaras, Robert Delford Brown, William Mortensen, and others, plus a number of daguerreotypes, cabinet cards, cartes de visite, and historic photos from the Civil War and Old West, all reflecting the lurid element of the macabre. Probing text by A.D. Coleman. Produced with a grant from the Art Critics Fellowship of the National Endowment Of The Arts. Signed by the author on the title page. Per the custom of Ridge Press, there is no statement of edition. Very Good Plus, clean, crisp, bright, and sharp, in a Very Good dust jacket that has mild spine sunning. Not a remainder. A nice copy of a startling book.
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- AARDWOLF Fine Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6339
- Title
- The Grotesque In Photography, A First Collection Of Photographers Whose Fantastic Visions Of Life Are As Revolutionary As Those Of The Impressionists (Signed)
- Author
- Coleman, A.D
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Ridge Press/ Summit Books
- Place of Publication
- New York,
- Date Published
- 1977
- Keywords
- Photography, Art, Grotesque, Lucas Samaras, Ellen Carey, Avante Garde
- Bookseller catalogs
- Photography;
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