Featuring 200 superb plates spanning half a century, this book is the first retrospective of the work of Roy DeCarava, a great American photographer known for his brilliant photographs of Harlem and of jazz musicians such as Billie Holliday and John Coltrane. Published to accompany a major exhibition that opened at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, in early 1996.
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Featuring 200 superb plates spanning half a century, this book is the first retrospective of the work of Roy DeCarava, a great American photographer known for his brilliant photographs of Harlem and of jazz musicians such as Billie Holliday and John Coltrane. Published to accompany a major exhibition that opened at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, in early 1996.
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Seller's Description:
Pages and cover are intact. Used book in good and clean conditions. Limited notes marks and highlighting may be present. May show signs of normal shelf wear and bends on edges. Item may be missing CDs or access codes. May include library marks.
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Fine. Text block, wraps and binding are in like new condition, without markings of any kind. Well packaged and promptly shipped from California. Partnered with Friends of the Library since 2010.
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Very Good. Black boards, white illustrated dj. 280 pp., Illustrations. Book includes an introduction by Peter Galassi, a foreword by Glenn D. Lowry, the Director of The Museum of Modern Art at the time this book was published and an essay by Sherry Turner DeCarava the wife of Roy DeCarava. A striking presentation of this photographers work.
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Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. Quarto. 280 pp. previous owner inscription front free endpaper. toning to the extremities. Granite gray cloth boards in excellent condition. Vivid red lettering to the spine. Clean and bright pages are unmarked. Unclipped pictorial has toning to the panels, otherwise like new. in mylar sleeve. Perhaps best known for his portraits of jazz musicians, DeCarava in 1952 was the first African American photographer to receive a Guggenheim fellowship.
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Very Good. This is a very good softcover copy with almost no wear. Completely clean. The Spine is not creased, binding firm. This monograph was prepared to accompany the exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York from January 25 to May 7, 1996. The exhibition then traveled all over America from coast to coast. Text by Peter Galassi. Contribution by Sherry Turner DeCarava. Illustrated throughout in black and white with 194 reproductions in tritone, 43 in duotone. Exhibition history. Bibliography. 12" high X 10" wide, 280 pages. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
