Book Information:
| Title | Work of Atget - Volume 2 - The Art of Old Paris |
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| Author | Szarkowski, JohnHambourg, Maria Morris |
| Publisher | Museum of Modern Art |
| Publish Date | 1982 |
| ISBN | 0870702122 |
| Pages | 0 |
| Binding | Hardcover |
| Notes | Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1985. Hard Cover. First Edition. 4to. Part of The Work of Atget (4 Vols). First Edition, 1981-1985: Spring Industries Series on the Art of Photography. "Atget was an artist in service to an Ideal: the creation of a body of photographs that would explain an issue of great richness and complexity -- the authentic character and spirit of his native culture. Almost all of these [photographs] describe the historic character of French life, as indicated by its architecture, its landscape, and its traditional labors and vernacular gestures." Volume I. Old France: 180 pp, Preface, Atget and the Art of Photography by John Szarkowski; 121 Plates; Notes by Maria Morris Hombourg with 83 b&w reference illustrations (1981). Volume II. The Art of Old Paris: 192 pp, acknowledgments, A Biography of Eugene Atget by Maria Morris Hambourt; Appendixes; Notes to the Biography, Bibliography; 117 Plates; Notes to the Plates by Maria Morris Hambourg with 95 b&w references (1982). Volume III. The Ancien Regime: 188 pp, acknowledgments, The Structure of the Work by Maria Morris Hambourg; Notes to the Essay; 120 Plates; Notes to the Plates by John Szarkowski; Appendix: The Chronological Chart of the Series with 47 b&w reference illustrations (1983). Volume IV. Modern Times: 186 pp, acknowledgments, Understandings of Atget by John Szarkowski; Notes to the Essay; 117 sepia Plates; Notes to the Plates by John Szarkowski; A Note on Atget's Prints, bibliography with 88 b&w reference illustrations (1985). Maroon cloth with blind-stamped title to front board and gilt lettering to spine. |
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| TRRF Call No. | PH-00193A |
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