Carleton Watkins (1829-1916)was perhaps the greatest American landscape photographer of the 19th century. His groundbreaking images of Yosemite, the Columbia River, and other natural wonders captured the grandeur of the American West for audiences around the world -- and set an aesthetic standard rivaled only in the work of Ansel Adams many years later. This companion volume to a major traveling exhibition is the most beautiful book on Watkins' work ever published. Produced using state-of-the-art tritone printing, it ...
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Carleton Watkins (1829-1916)was perhaps the greatest American landscape photographer of the 19th century. His groundbreaking images of Yosemite, the Columbia River, and other natural wonders captured the grandeur of the American West for audiences around the world -- and set an aesthetic standard rivaled only in the work of Ansel Adams many years later. This companion volume to a major traveling exhibition is the most beautiful book on Watkins' work ever published. Produced using state-of-the-art tritone printing, it showcases 105 of the photographer's exquisitely composed images, including four gatefolds presenting Watkins' astonishing panoramic photographs. The texts are reformed by substantial new research into Watkins' life and work, offering a fresh perspective on his achievement.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Size: 11x10x1; Minor shelf wear to binding. Light wear & soiling on edges of text block. Small crease on ffep. Dj lightly shelf worn with small scuffs. Dust jacket in a mylar cover. **Please note: book is oversized and heavy, and will require substantial additional shipping fees to international or expedited addresses. **
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Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. Book Second printing. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. A nice, unmarked copy. A few minor blemishes to boards. Jacket has a short crease near head of spine.
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New/Sealed. Brown cloth boards w/ illustrated dustjacket w/ black & green printing. 228 pgs. Published on the occasion of an exhibition at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, June 25-Sept. 14, 1999.
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Very Fine. Very Fine Dust Jacket. Large Square 4to. 228pp. References. Chronology. Catalogue of the exhibition. 105 tritone and 20 duotone photographs, with 4 gatefold plates. Stunning.
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New in Fine Condition jacket. Book 228 pp., 105 tritone and 20 duotone photographs, 1 gate-fold. Published on the occasion of the exhibition from the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco CA May 28-September 7, 1999, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York NY October 11, 1999-January 9, 2000 and the National Gallery of Art, Washington DC February 6-April 30, 2000. Dustjacket is protected with a mylar cover.
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Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. First Edition, First Printing. NF/NF. Hardcover, green cloth with silver gilt titles, 228 pp, profusely illustrated, faint edgewear to jacket, else a beautiful, clean and crisp copy. Protected in a Brodart cover. Extra shipping may apply.
