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Son of the box

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Description: "Frederick Sommer selected the works represented in 'Son of The Box' from his own archives. The resulting collection spans thirty years of creative output, and includes images and texts published here for the first time. Until the time of his death, Frederick Sommer continued to work in a variety of media; his active collaboration was essential in the editing and design process of this important artist's book"--Publisher's description.
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: [1998]
Call number: 653310
Creator: Sommer, Frederick (1905-1999)(Opens in new tab)
ISBN: 3923922426; 9783923922420

The box

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"Frederick Sommer first became renowned for his austere desert landscapes and portraits--a flattened jackrabbit from 1939, a portrait of Max Ernst merged with the side of a weathered building. He later turned his fascination with what he termed 'elegance of form' in surprising directions: a series of dramatically lit paper cutouts from the 1970s, and his photo-collages from the 1990s, meticulous works incorporating anatomical drawings. 'The Box' is a randomly-ordered series of 64 cards which readers can re-compose into a unique sequence/book of their own"--Publisher's description.

653309

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Ops opis

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"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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WILLIAM WESLEY & SON

Manuscripts

The collection consists of the correspondence files of Frederick Hanley Seares. While roughly one half of the papers deal with administrative matters of the Mount Wilson Observatory, the remainder cover his scientific work. There are also some manuscripts, notes and notebooks (Boxes 19-21) related to Seares's research activities.

mssSeares papers

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W. HEFFER & SONS, LTD

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mssSeares papers

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Between runs

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"This off-the-wall artist's book is comprised of photographs made at the Hing Yip printing plant in Dongguan, China by the highly acclaimed husband and wife team of Eduardo del Valle and Mirta Gomez. Between Runs refers to the 'down time' artists are given when they are on press, between approving one printing form and waiting to see the next. During a five-day stay in Dongguan to oversee the production of their previous title, Fried Waters, del Valle and Gomez made good use of their down time to produce an insightful body of work that combines elements of traditional Chinese scroll paintings, theatrical backdrops and modern graffiti; all found objects within the sprawling grounds of the printing plant. The resulting images are raw snippets of time that resonate with a rare and unlikely beauty"--Publisher's description.

653244

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Kon box

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"Michiko Kon is a contemporary Japanese artist of startling originality. Her exploration of the photographic still-life, in which perishable materials such as raw fish, fowl, and vegetables, are combined with familiar, often feminine objects--a schoolgirl's uniform, high-heeled shoes, a pocketbook--triggers our senses of touch, taste and smell through vision and imagination"--Publisher's description.

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