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June Leaf: Record 1974/1975
by LEAF, June (Chicago, 1929)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Perfetto (Mint)
- ISBN 10
- 3869300450
- ISBN 13
- 9783869300450
- Seller
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ROMA, Roma, Italy
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About This Item
Gottingen: Steidl, , 2010. Rilegato (hardback). Perfetto (Mint). Riproduzione anastatica dello sketchbook dell'artista. Testo e illustrazioni a colori e in bianco e nero - di cui alcune su tavola ripiegata - di June Leaf. 4to (cm 30,5x19). pp. 188. Perfetto (Mint). Prima edizione (First Edition). Il 26 novembre 1974, June Leaf lasciò la sua prima annotazione scritta a mano, tipo diario, nel suo nuovo sketchbook (riprodotto qui da Steidl), durante un difficile inverno trascorso nelle miniere di carbone di Mabou, in Nuova Scozia, con suo marito Robert Frank: "Di solito non mi piace scrivere perché sono più soddisfatta da un'azione". Nonostante ciò Leaf continua questa pratica in tutto il suo sketchbook, a volte usando una stretta combinazione di immagini esplorative e testo scarabocchiato, a volte mettendo in pausa l'atto di prendere appunti per alcune pagine mentre un'idea visiva viene raffinata attraverso un disegno. Il libro è un piacere da maneggiare ed esaminare da vicino: ogni macchia, sbavatura, segno di grafite cancellato e segno di pressione nel quaderno di schizzi originale è stato catturato nel facsimile. Questa attenzione ai dettagli permette naturalmente di apprezzare in profondità la sensibilità lineare, la velocità, l'inventiva e la varietà di Leaf, rendendo questa pubblicazione un documento prezioso nella ricerca del lavoro di Leaf e, allo stesso modo, per studi più generali sul processo artistico.
On 26 November, 1974, June Leaf made her first handwritten, diary-type entry into her new sketchbook (reproduced for publication by Steidl), made during a difficult Winter spent in Mabou Coal Mines, Nova Scotia with her husband Robert Frank: “I don't usually like to write because I am more satisfied by an action.” Perhaps this indicates a tendency, like that of Martin, to view some types of art writing as useless or static. Despite this disaffection with writing, as in Martin's case, Leaf continues this practice throughout her workbook sometimes using a close conjunction of exploratory images and scrawled text, sometimes pausing the act of note-making for a few pages while a visual idea is refined through tentative, speculative drawing. The book is a delight to handle and to examine up close: every stain, smudge, rubbed out graphite score and pressure mark in the original sketchbook has been captured in the facsimile. This attention to detail naturally allows for Leaf's linear sensitivity, speed, inventiveness and variety to be appreciated in depth, making this publication a valuable document in researching Leaf's emotional, skillful work and, equally, for more general studies of artistic process
On 26 November, 1974, June Leaf made her first handwritten, diary-type entry into her new sketchbook (reproduced for publication by Steidl), made during a difficult Winter spent in Mabou Coal Mines, Nova Scotia with her husband Robert Frank: “I don't usually like to write because I am more satisfied by an action.” Perhaps this indicates a tendency, like that of Martin, to view some types of art writing as useless or static. Despite this disaffection with writing, as in Martin's case, Leaf continues this practice throughout her workbook sometimes using a close conjunction of exploratory images and scrawled text, sometimes pausing the act of note-making for a few pages while a visual idea is refined through tentative, speculative drawing. The book is a delight to handle and to examine up close: every stain, smudge, rubbed out graphite score and pressure mark in the original sketchbook has been captured in the facsimile. This attention to detail naturally allows for Leaf's linear sensitivity, speed, inventiveness and variety to be appreciated in depth, making this publication a valuable document in researching Leaf's emotional, skillful work and, equally, for more general studies of artistic process
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- Bookseller
- Studio Bibliografico Marini
(IT)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 225758
- Title
- June Leaf: Record 1974/1975
- Author
- LEAF, June (Chicago, 1929)
- Format/Binding
- Rilegato (hardback)
- Book Condition
- Used - Perfetto (Mint)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 3869300450
- ISBN 13
- 9783869300450
- Publisher
- Steidl,
- Place of Publication
- Gottingen
- Date Published
- 2010
- Keywords
- art: north-american,art: contemporary,
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