Henry Wessel
by Zander, Thomas (ed.); Sandra S. Phillips; Georg Imdahl (text)
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- New in publisher's shrink wrap
- ISBN 10
- 386521391X
- ISBN 13
- 9783865213914
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About This Item
Göttingen, San Francisco: Steidl, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 2007. Hardcover. New in publisher's shrink wrap. Oblong Quarto. Unpaginated (22pp.), (1) 133 plates, (5pp.). Original textured gray cloth with white lettering on spine, in original photo-illustrated dustjacket with white lettering on spine.
"William Carlos Williams once said there were "no ideas but in things." The Imagist Poets wrote in common rather than exalted language, and described the particular characteristics of the small things they found in the world as objects of wonder. The images they render are uninflected, the verses clear and clean, and without sentiment. Like Wessel they are radical and modest., they both use the most essential means to construct their art, and in doing so redirect a way of making art,. It might be said that Williams and Wessel both describe the marvelous with apparent impersonality." (Phillips). Beautifully illustrated with 133 plates of Wessel's distinct b/w and fourteen color photographs. List of plates and biography at rear.
"William Carlos Williams once said there were "no ideas but in things." The Imagist Poets wrote in common rather than exalted language, and described the particular characteristics of the small things they found in the world as objects of wonder. The images they render are uninflected, the verses clear and clean, and without sentiment. Like Wessel they are radical and modest., they both use the most essential means to construct their art, and in doing so redirect a way of making art,. It might be said that Williams and Wessel both describe the marvelous with apparent impersonality." (Phillips). Beautifully illustrated with 133 plates of Wessel's distinct b/w and fourteen color photographs. List of plates and biography at rear.
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- Bookseller
- Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 52176
- Title
- Henry Wessel
- Author
- Zander, Thomas (ed.); Sandra S. Phillips; Georg Imdahl (text)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 386521391X
- ISBN 13
- 9783865213914
- Publisher
- Steidl, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
- Place of Publication
- Göttingen, San Francisco
- Date Published
- 2007
- Keywords
- b/w photography,color photography, American photography, American life, urban photography
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