Pissaro or Monet with a camera

Alvin Langdon Coburn
New York. With a foreword by H. G. Wells London, Duckworth & New York Brentano's 1910.

• Eines der bedeutendsten Fotobücher des 20. Jahrhunderts
• Gleichzeitig eines der schönsten fotografischen Porträts von New York City
• Mit 20 ausgezeichnet gedruckten Fotogravüren in Handabzügen
• Dokumentiert den Übergang vom Pikturialismus zur modernen Fotografie der 20iger Jahre

"Coburn is all impressioist hustle and bustle: Pissarro or Monet with a camera" (Parr/Badger)

"This is the most successful of Coburn's publications, dealing as is does with a more industrial landscape of bridges, soaring verticals, and bird's-eye city views, always subjects he photographed with a kind of mystical inspiration. Coburn himself explained it as the relationship of time to art." (Imagining Paradiese). - Die hervorragend gedruckten Fotogravüren zeigen The Metropolitan Tower, Brooklyn Bridge, Broadway by night, The Singer Buidling, The Chinese Quarter, Fifth Avenue, Sky-Line, The Park Row Building u. a. "He was the most important American photographer of his generation to expend significant energy on illustrating books" (Goldschmidt/Naef 36)

EINBAND: Orig.-Halblederband mit goldgeprägtem Titel auf dem Vorderdeckel. 41,5 : 31 cm. - ILLUSTRATION: Mit 20 auf grauem Karton montierten Gravüren nach Fotografien von A. L. Coburn. - ZUSTAND: Text stockfleckig. Kapitale, Ecken und Kanten tlw. bestoßen. - PROVENIENZ: Privatsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen.

LITERATUR: Parr/Badger I, 74. - Imagining Paradise S. 226ff. - Goldschmidt/Naef 36.

First edition. One of the most influential photobooks of the 20th century. Simultaneously, it stands as one of the finest photographic portraits of New York City. With 20 photogravure plates hand-pulled by Coburn mounted onn grey marbled cardboards. Orig. half calf. - Text foxed. Extremities of spine, corners and edges bumped. - In general fine copy.