Published to coincide with an exhibition of the Getty Museum's LeGray and Watkins photographs at the Stadel Art Institute in Frankfurt, this book presents thirty-two full-page duotone illustrations of early masterpieces of landscape photography. LeGray's seascapes and other works from the mid-nineteenth century are complemented by Watkin's views of the American West. In addition to the catalog entries, biographies, and bibliography, there are essays by the authors on "LeGray, Watkins, and the Esthetic of Perception," ...
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Published to coincide with an exhibition of the Getty Museum's LeGray and Watkins photographs at the Stadel Art Institute in Frankfurt, this book presents thirty-two full-page duotone illustrations of early masterpieces of landscape photography. LeGray's seascapes and other works from the mid-nineteenth century are complemented by Watkin's views of the American West. In addition to the catalog entries, biographies, and bibliography, there are essays by the authors on "LeGray, Watkins, and the Esthetic of Perception," "Between the Barbizon School and the Beginnings of Impressionism," and "American Landscape: Geology and the Sacred, Commerce and Manifest Destiny."
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Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. 0892362995. B&W Duotone printed photographs; Oblong Small 4to 9"-11" tall; 128 pages; 1994 J Paul Getty Museum. Oversize oblong format HC in original glosy photo illustrated boards. 1st edition. Published on the occasion of an exhibition of the photos in Frankfurt in September 1993. Text in German and English. Soundly bound and clean. Prior ownership inkstamp of the Miinesota Center for Photography to front endpage. Light shelf evidence to boar externals. Early sepia toned landscape photos of Legray and Watkins printed in duotone. VG.
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As New. 0892362995. Hardcover in dust jacket. German / English text. Illustrated boards, pristine. No dustjacket, as issued. Book firm in binding, generously illustrated with b&w photographs and plates. Free of any markings, not ex-library.; Oblong 8vo 8" to 9" tall; 128 pages.
