HEINRICH KUEHN AND HIS AMERICAN CIRCLE: ALFRED STIEGLITZ AND EDWARD STEICHEN

New York City, NY: Neue Galerie/Prestel Verlag, 2012. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine Dust Jacket.. New York City, NY: Neue Galerie/Prestel Verlag, 2012. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Edition/First Printing. 132 pages. Exhibition Monograph. The first and only edition. Published in a small and limited print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. The book is very beautifully produced, in an oversize-volume format, with pale-blue cloth boards, photographs by various artists, a Who's Who of 20th century photography, and text by Monika Faber. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper by Prestel in Munich, Germany to the highest standards. In pictorial DJ with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Published on the occasion of the landmark retrospective exhibition of the same name held at the Neue Galerie New York in 2012. Presents "Heinrich Kuehn And His American Circle: Alfred Stieglitz And Edward Steichen". A thoughtful glance at the auspicious beginnings of American art photography, triggered by Heinrich Kuehn. "Focusses on the luminous work of an important Austrian photographer. Heinrich Kuehn's early Pictorialist works were highly influential, and were exhibited at the Vienna Secession. Gradually, Kuehn incorporated the influence of his peers, and moved in the direction of Modernist photography. He was also among the first important photographers to create color images. This publication aims to situate Kuehn with regard to both the Viennese avant-garde and the international development of photography as an art form. Explores the close friendship among Kuehn and major photographers Alfred Stieglitz and Edward Steichen, and showcases photographic prints and autochromes by Kuehn and other important photographers" (Publisher's blurb). An absolute "must-have" title for photography book collectors. This title is now collectible. This is one of few copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A scarce copy thus. Lavishly illustrated with photographic plates. Some of the greatest photographers of the 20th century. A fine copy. . ISBN 3791351966.