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Hardcover. Etat : Very good. Etat de la jaquette : Good. 1st Edition. 256 pages. Illustrations (black and white). Notes. Index. This was published on the occasion of the exhibition American Photography 1890-1965 from The Museum of Modern Art, New York, organized under the auspices of The International Council of the Museum of Modern Art by Peter Galassi, Chief, curator, Department of Photography. The Tour of the Exhibition included Staatlishe Museen zu Berlin, April 24-June 12, 1995; Stedeliji Museum, Amsterdam July 3-September 1, 1995, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh October 5-November 16, 1995, Hasselblad Center, Goteborg, Sweden January 6-February 25, 1996, Musee National d'Art Moderne==Centre de Creation Industrielle, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris March 19-May 32, 1996, IVAM Centre Julio Gonzalez, Valencia June 23-September 15, 1996, and Victoria & Albert Museum, London, November 14,m 1996 -January 26, 1997. The contents include Foreword; Preface; Two Stories by Peter Galassi; Notes; List of Illustrations to the Text, A Nation in Pictures by Luc Sante; Notes; Plates. List of Plates, and Index. Peter Johnston Galassi (April 18, 1951) is an American writer, curator, and art historian working in the field of photography. His principal fields are photography and nineteenth-century French art. Galassi started his career at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) as a Curatorial Intern (1974-75), Associate Curator (1981-86), and Curator (1986-91). He was Chief Curator of Photography at MoMA from 1991 to 2011. Lucy Sante (formerly Luc Sante is a Belgian-born American writer, critic, and artist. American photography from the turn of the century through the mid-1960s offers one of the richest and most coherent traditions in the history of the medium. This book explores that tradition in depth through superb reproductions of 183 photographs from the outstanding collection of The Museum of Modern Art. Toward the end of the nineteenth century photographs became radically easier to make and to reproduce. The result was a vast new range of audiences and applications for photography. From untutored snap-shooter to specialized professional, the swelling ranks of photographers produced a sprawling diversity of new pictures, which recorded and helped to create modern America. At the same time, there arose an elite movement that withdrew from the undisciplined bustle of the modern world and claimed for photography a position among the fine arts. The first part of the introductory essay concisely outlines the evolution and interplay of photography's high-art and vernacular traditions. The second part traces the growth of the pioneering photography program at The Museum of Modern Art in which Ansel Adams, Edward Steichen, and other leading American photographers played decisive roles. Luc Sante's essay, "A Nation of Pictures," places photography at the center of a lively reconsideration of modern American culture, which touches on music, the movies, the magazines, and a great deal more. A splendid gallery of photographs follows the essays. American photography from Jacob Riis and Alfred Stieglitz to Richard Avedon and Diane Arbus is set forth through a carefully ordered sequence, in which groups of pictures conceived as works of fine art alternate with groups of pictures that served a myriad of worldly functions. Major figures, such as Paul Strand, Edward Weston, Walker Evans, Dorothea Lange, Harry Callahan, and Robert Frank, are each represented by six or more photographs. Dozens of other distinguished photographers are included as well, and many remarkable but unfamiliar pictures join the landmark works. Presumed First Edition, First Printing as distributed by Abrams.…

25.5X30 cm. 280 pages. Hardcover with dust - jacket. One edge of front cover slightly wrinkled the other one slightly bend. One edge of back cover slightly bend the other one slightly rubbed. Else in good condition. The book is in : English.

dj. First Edition. Quarto (30.5cm x 24cm). Brown cloth boards (hardcover) with blind-stamped title on cover and titling embossed in gold on spine; pictorial dustjacket; 288pp. illus. Fine copy; appears new. Near Fine dustwrapper; slight shelf wear, else clean. Published in connection with the exhibition organized by the National Gallery of Art, Washington in association with the Brooklyn Museum and the Saint Louis Art Museum presented at the National Gallery of Art, Washington May 26-Spetember 2, 1996; The Brooklyn Museum October 11, 1996-January 12, 1997; The Saint Louis Art Museum February 21-May 18, 1997. Essays by Peter Galassi, Philip Conisbee, Sarah Faunce, Jeremy Strick, and Vincent Pomarède. Catalogue by Philip Conisbee, Sarah Faunce, and Jeremy Strick. 131 color reproductions.…