Sachgebiete

Beschreibung:

288 S.; sehr zahlreiche Abbildungen. 8°. Originalleinen mit Schutzumschlag.

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Sehr gutes Ex. - INHALT : Lenders to the Exhibition -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Andre Kertesz: The Years in Paris Sandra S. Phillips -- Kertesz and his Contemporaries in Germany and France David Travis -- Andre Kertesz: The Making of an American Photographer Western J. Naef -- Plates -- Notes on the Catalogue -- Catalogue -- Selected Bibliography. // With 305 illustrations, 180 in duotone // Andre Kertesz is considered by many critics to be the greatest living photographer. His extraordinary seventy-three-year career, spanning one-half the history of photography itself, has influenced the development of his medium as have few artists in any medium. Through his re-markable vision, he has produced some of the most mellifluous, tantalizing, and indeed best-loved photographs ever made. This book, published on the occasion of a major retrospective exhibition at The Art Institute of Chicago and The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, presents a detailed study of the life and works of this master photographer. It focuses on the eleven years Kertesz spent in Paris in the 1920s and early 1930s and the first two decades of his life in America following his immigration in 1936. In Paris Kertesz developed his own photographic personality, achieved professional success as a pioneer of photoreportage, and, through his publications and his inclusion in several important photographic exhibitions, became one of the best photographic talents in Europe. Kertesz's early years in New York, often assumed to be fallow ones, are re-evaluated. Although his time was limited by the requirements of his work with the Hearst and Conde Nast publishing organizations, the New York photo-graphs of Kertesz show us a relatively unexplored period of his career when he matched his technical mastery with considerable imagination as he set about establishing himself in this new world. Prepared with the cooperation of the artist, Andre Kertesz: Of Paris and New York features three essays that clarify his personal and professional history and appraise his accomplishments. The volume also includes 180 duotone plates of Kertesz's work between 1925 and 1954, the majority of which have been reproduced directly from vintage prints, including a number of rare post-card prints. An additional 125 illustrations by Kertösz and his contempo-raries illuminate other aspects of his career and the context in which he worked. An extensively annotated checklist of the plates and a selected bibliography complete this important study. Andre Kertesz: Of Paris and New York is not just a retrospective of a master photographer - it is also a reconsideration of him as one of the great artists of this century. (Verlagstext) ISBN 050054106X