Description: A TEN YEAR SALUTE - A Selection of Photographs in Celebration The Witkin Gallery Published by Addison HouseFirst Edition 1979Dust Cover is in Good Condition / The book itself in Very Good Condition w/ tight binding and no marks on the hardback cover. Interior is in great condition.About The Book:A survey of the artists the Witkin Gallery represented over the years. A nice selection of images with wonderful reminiscences at the end with candid shots them. Edited by Lee Witkin; foreword by Carol Brown; short statements by Barbara Morgan, Elliott Erwitt, Edmund Teske, Berenice Abbott, Ansel Adams, Bruce Davidson, and virtually every other photographer alive at the time with photos from openings or snapshots. 200 pages; 86 full-page b&w and color plates; 8.25 x 11 inchesAbout The Witkin Gallery:In 1969, Lee Witkin opened a gallery dedicated to fine art photography and pioneered an industry. Before then, few existed. Stieglitz and Steichen might sell to a MoMA, but contemporary photographers worked on the fringes of the art world. Lee drew them into the mainstream. At his first show, Scott Hyde, George Krause, Duane Michaels, George Tice and Burk Uzzle made their debut before New York's elite collectors. Soon established masters came to show at the Witkin. Stieglitz. Steichen. Weston and Curtis. Alvarez Bravo. Brassaï. Doisneau. Exhibiting such historically important work, Witkin and Daitz sought to educate aspiring collectors. Both Witkin and his successor, Evelyne Daitz, recognized the power of new photographers to take the artform down off its pedestal and define it on their own terms. In the early years, Christopher James, Bruce Barnbaum, Keith Carter, Leonard Sussman, Robert Flynt and Mario Cravo Neto would be introduced through the gallery. Short on status but long on energy, the protegés would attract critics and artists as well as collectors to the gallery. The Witkin aesthetic? Lee and Evelyne favored artists looking to plumb their personal vision rather than dialogue with the avant garde. Over the course of 30 years, they mounted more than 300 exhibitions, featuring a wide range of work by artists at all stages of development.- from the Witkin Gallery Website - June 2014
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Book Title: A Ten Year Salute
Publisher: Addison House
Original Language: English
Item Length: 8.5 in
Edition: First Edition
Type: Picture Book
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Item Height: 11 in
Author: Lee Witkin
Genre: History, Photography
Topic: Architectural Photography, Books, Erotic Photography, Landscape Photography, Portrait Photography, War Photography
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Item Width: 1 in
Number of Pages: 200
