Publisher:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Published:
1998
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
17967467899
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VG/VG. Black cloth/boards with silver lettering. Bw photographic dj with white lettering. 144 pp. with 106 illustrations: 40 tritones, 63 duotones, and 3 in color. Publication in conjunction with the exhibition held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Oct. 14, 1998 to Jan. 3, 1999; J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Feb. 2-March 28, 1999; and the Bibliothèque nationale, Paris, May 11 to July 31, 1999. / Includes bibliographical references (pages 140-141) and index. "Degas's major surviving photographs, little known even among devotees of the artist's paintings and pastels, are analyzed and reproduced for the first time in this volume, which accompanies an exhibition at The Metropolitan Muscum of Art, The J. Paul Getty Museum, and the Bibliotheque Nationale de France."--Jacket. Contents as follows: Foreword / Philippe de Montebello--Preface / Malcolm Daniel--"The Atmosphere of Lamps or Moonlight" / Malcolm Daniel--Edgar Degas's Photographic Theater / Eugenia Parry--Degas Chez Tasset / Theodore Reff--Plates--Catalogue Raisonne of Degas's Photographs and Census of Known Prints / Malcolm Daniel.
