American photographs / Walker Evans ; with an essay by Lincoln Kirstein.

Main entry:

Evans, Walker, 1903-1975, photographer.

Title & Author:

American photographs / Walker Evans ; with an essay by Lincoln Kirstein.

Edition:

50th-anniversary edition.

Publication:

New York : Museum of Modern Art, [1988]
Boston : Distributed by New York Graphic Society Books, Little, Brown and Company
©1988

Description:

205 pages : chiefly black & white illustrations ; 23 cm

Notes:
"... this edition of American Photographs follows the original, 1938 edition as closely as possible, page for page."-- Title page verso.
Printed by Brodock Press Inc., Utica, New York. Bound by Sendor Bindery, New York.
[Plates] -- Photographs of America : Walker Evans / Lincoln Kirstein -- Foreword to the 1962 edition / Monroe Wheeler -- A note on the fiftieth-anniversary edition / Peter Galassi.

Summary:

"More than any other artist, Walker Evans invented the image of essential America that we have long since accepted as fact. His work, presented in stark and prototypical form in American Photographs, has made its impact not only on photography but also on modern literature, film, and the traditional visual artist. First published in 1938 by The Museum of Modern Art, American Photographs often has been out of print. This Fiftieth-Anniversary Edition, with new duotone plates from original prints, makes Evans's landmark book available again. The design and typography have been re-created as precisely as possible."-- Jacket flap.

ISBN:

0870702378 (clothbound)
9780870702372 (clothbound)
0870702386 (paperbound)
9780870702389 (paperbound)

Subject:

Evans, Walker 1903-1975
Evans, Walker.
Photography, Artistic.
Photographers United States 20th century.
Photographers United States 20th century Criticism and interpretation.
Photographie artistique.
Photographes États-Unis 20e siècle Critique et interprétation.
Photographes États-Unis 20e siècle.
art photography.
Social conditions
Photography, Artistic United States.
Photographers United States.
United States Pictorial works.
United States Social conditions 1918-1932 Pictorial works.
United States Social conditions 1933-1945 Pictorial works.
États-Unis Conditions sociales 1918-1932 Ouvrages illustrés.
États-Unis Conditions sociales 1933-1945 Ouvrages illustrés.
United States

Form/genre:

photobooks.
Pictorial works
Photography, Artistic.
Photobooks.
Livres de photographies.

Added entries:

Kirstein, Lincoln, 1907-1996, writer of supplementary textual content.
Wheeler, Monroe, 1899-1988, writer of the foreword.
Galassi, Peter, writer of the afterword.
Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.), publisher.
Brodock Press, printer.
Sendor Bindery, binder.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 206537
Call No.: TR140.E92 W3 1988
Status: Available

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