Hart Island by Sternfeld, Joel; Melinda Hunt - 1998

Zurich: Scalo, 1998. Hardcover. SIGNED. First edition, first printing. Fine hardcover in a Fine dust jacket, protected by a clear mylar cover. BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING, IN A BOX. "Hart Island, the Bronx, in the Long Island Sound, commonly known as Potter's Field, once served as a cemetery, a charity hospital for women, an insane asylum, and as a prison island. Today, the island is once again a cemetery. Inmates from Rikers Island perform the burials and disinterments and maintain the burial grounds. Hart Island is not open to the public. Joel Sternfeld and conceptual artist Melinda Hunt collaborated on this project and demonstrate a new approach to urban history. Sternfeld's precise and elegiac pictures of the island and the convicts at work are complemented by Hunt's objects and installations." Photographs by Joel Sternfeld; text and artwork by Melinda Hunt. SIGNED BY STERNFELD on the half-title; no inscription. 119 pages; 60 color plates + 1 b&w map; 11.5 x 10 inches. Due to size and weight, international and expedited shipping will be more than quoted.