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1937 PICTORIAL ARTISTRY ADOLF FASSBENDER SIGNED NUMBERED 1ST ED. 40 PHOTO FOLIOLIMITED EDITION OF 1000 ... THIS IS NUMBER 59040 beautiful hand-pulled photogravure plates
Rough condition on the outer boards, staining, handling wear, corners bumped and frayed. Most interior pages ok, though some spot stains and some handling wear, discoloring along edges of pages. A few pages showing wavy edges.Most images are clear, clean and good, but some foxing or other spot stains here and there
\"PICTORIAL ARTISTRY: THE DRAMATIZATION OF THE BEAUTIFUL IN PHOTOGRAPHY\" IS A LANDMARK BOOK PUBLISHED IN 1937 BY ADOLF FASSBENDER, LARGELY FUNDED THROUGH HIS OWN RESOURCES. IT REPRESENTS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PICTORIALISM PHOTOGRAPHY MOVEMENT.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
THE BOOK FEATURES 40 HAND-PULLED PHOTOGRAVURE PRINTS, WITH SOME BEING TINTED. EACH PHOTOGRAVURE IS ACCOMPANIED BY A FULL PAGE OF DESCRIPTIVE TEXT DISCUSSING THE PHOTOGRAPH, COMPOSITION, TECHNICAL CHALLENGES, AND EQUIPMENT USED. THE VOLUME WAS SPIRAL-BOUND WITH STEEL RINGS IN A CLOTH-COVERED BINDER WITH GILT LETTERING, MEASURING APPROXIMATELY 15.5 X 12.25 INCHES. IT WAS PRODUCED IN A LIMITED EDITION OF 1,000 NUMBERED COPIES, EACH SIGNED BY FASSBENDER.\"
