The J. Paul Getty Museum holds nearly 1,200 prints by master photographer Walker Evans, spanning four decades of his professional life. Many of them have never before been published. This catalogue brings together all of the museum's material on Evans. Included are images both familiar, such as his photographs of tenant farmers in the 1930s, and unfamiliar, such as those he made in Florida in the 1940s and his late Polaroid studies from the 1970s. Keller's lively text provides essential background on the major phases of ...
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The J. Paul Getty Museum holds nearly 1,200 prints by master photographer Walker Evans, spanning four decades of his professional life. Many of them have never before been published. This catalogue brings together all of the museum's material on Evans. Included are images both familiar, such as his photographs of tenant farmers in the 1930s, and unfamiliar, such as those he made in Florida in the 1940s and his late Polaroid studies from the 1970s. Keller's lively text provides essential background on the major phases of Evans's artistic development, and a wealth of biographical and bibliographical information. Altogether, this book immediately becomes one of the essential studies of this American master's long and influential career.
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Collection catalogue. First edition. 290x240mm xxii+410 pages. Illustrated in 1121 duotone, 17 halftone, and 31 colour plates. Cloth. Fine in dustjacket. Walker Evans is widely recognized as one of the important photographers of the 20th century. From the early street-life photographs of the 1920's and his documentation of the Depression-torn South, to his experiments with colour in the 1970's, Evans produced a large body of work, capturing something of American life. The J. Paul Getty Museum in California houses the most comprehensive collection of Evans's work and this volume brings together the whole collection. More than 1000 photographs span 50 years of Evans's career. The text places the collection in the context of the photographer's career and his development as an artist, as well as in the broader context of the culture of his time. We are specialists in Catalogues: Exhibitions, Auctions, Collections, etc., with a picture of the cover available on request. All items are as described and dispatched within 36 hours in a secure package. We are professional booksellers with over 32 years experience, you may order with confidence.
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Very good in Very good jacket. Jacket edges are slightly worn. Spine is tight. Spine edges are bumped. Cover edges are gently worn. Text block and inside edges are tanned, but readability is not affected. Pages are unmarked.
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Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 0892363177. This book is in very good condition; no remainder marks. Dustjacket does have some shelfwear. School stamp to title page. Inside pages are clean.; 10 X 1.5 X 11.5 inches; 410 pages.
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0892363177. Ex-Library copy; with typical markings. Tape ghosts on board edges. Else binding quite clean. No library markings on binding exterior. Pages clean, but for library markings. Library label on DJ spine tail. Else DJ clean & bright. Large, heavy volume.; B&W Photographs; RTH15A; 11 x 9-1/2"; 410 pages; Ex-Library.
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4to. 410 pages printed on slick heavy high quality paper. 1192 numbered entries of Walker photographs in the Getty Museum collection. Photos for most all minus # 939, 942, 1127, 1129, 1131 which have been neatly cut out. 1.138 duotone and 31 color illustrations. Extensive bibliography. Ex-library with just a few small stamps to indicate this. 4to. Grey cloth stamped in black. 11 1/2" x 9 3/4". xxii, 410 pages printed on high quality bright slick paper. Tight, clean and sharp. Dustjacket cover attached at endpages. With the exception of the cutouts ths volume is in excellent condition.
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Near Fine in Fine Condition jacket. 410 pages. Hardcover, bound in gray cloth covered boards and wrapped in an illustrated paper dustjacket. Faint stain to the lower right corner of the front board. Else, the binding is tight, the edges and corners of the boards are sharp, and interior is clean and free of markings. A remarkable compendium of scholarship, handsomely published with 1138 duotone and 31 color illustrations.
