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Alba Nero
Rare Books
"'Abla Nero' presents thirty of van Dongen's powerful and exquisite images, beautifully printed in duotone in an oversized hardcover format. In his formally seductive series of botanical studies, van Dongen unearths floral secrets and prickly symbols of our alternately nurturing and perilous relationship with nature. He shows us flowers as resourceful and delicate, decorative and essential, sacred and sensual, life force and death knell--and always suggestive of all that is beyond our tethered reach. Plucked from their backyard habitat and brought indoors, these dazzling arums, anemones and papavers are isolated or paired for the camera as emblems of a postmodern struggle between nature's vagabond wilderness and culture's manipulation of its blithe freedom"--Publisher's description.
653317
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Ops opis
Rare Books
"The focal point of van Dongen’s lens ranges from the mouth-wateringly perfect bunch of grapes, to the glorious exuberance of flowers in full bloom and the daintier, more demure floral specimens. He shows us that plants are delicate and resourceful, decorative and essential, and temptingly tactile while commanding respect. But perhaps above all, he presents them as things of great beauty to linger over and enjoy"--Publisher's description.
653319
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Aurora
Rare Books
"Perhaps the most recognized and widely collected photographer of botanical studies working today, Ron van Dongen's recent shift to color work was documented in our previous monograph, 'Effusus', which was published in 2005 and has since sold out. We are pleased to announce his follow-up book, 'Aurora', presenting 33 gorgeous new plates printed--as with all of his Nazraeli Press monographs--in an oversized format bound in Japanese cloth. This new work adds to the Dutch photographer's long and skilled study of flora in its many incarnations"--Publisher's description.
653321
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Nudare
Rare Books
"'Nudare' is our third publication on the botanical still lifes of Ron van Dongen. Like the first two books in this trilogy--'Alba Nero' and 'Vulgaris'--'Nudare' confirms van Dongen's position as the most innovative and exciting artist working in the genre today"--Publisher's description.
653318
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Effusus
Rare Books
"Our fifth monograph on Ron van Dongen, 'Effusus' documents the artist’s recent shift to color photography. While the earliest work reproduced in this book dates from 1997, the vast majority of plates were made during the past two years. At the urging of gallerists and curators--bowled over by the early examples they had seen--van Dongen has recently begun to exhibit his color work to much critical acclaim"--Publisher's description.
653320
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Miscellaneous Negatives
Visual Materials
Miscellaneous negatives from items in the collection: family records, job files, other. Most of these negatives have been produced randomly over time in response to reproduction requests for images in the collection. When digital reproduction became commonplace in the early 2000s, requests for negatives ceased. However, older strip negatives, both black and white and color, are still occasionally donated to the collection.
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