(Dorthea Lange, Paul Strand, Edward Weston, et al )
Aperture's 50th Anniversary Founders & Friends Portfolio
New York. Aperture Foundation Inc. 2002. This Edition Limited to only 100 numbered copies of which this is #10. Illustrated with 5 tissue-guarded, matted platinum-palladium prints: Minor White Windowsill Daydreaming, Rochester, New York, July 1958 Paper Size 20" X 16" Image Size 9 1/2" X 7 1/2" Edward Weston Charis, 1936 Paper Size 20" X 16" Image Size 9 1/2" X 7 1/2" Barbara Morgan Martha Graham, Lamentation (Oblique), 1935 Paper Size 20" X 16" Image Size 9 1/2" X 7 1/2" Dorothea Lange Migratory Cotton Picker, Eloy, Arizona, 1940 Paper Size 20" X 16" Image Size 9 1/2" X 7 1/2" Paul Strand Rebecca, 1923 Paper Size 20" X 16" Image Size 7 1/2" X 9 1/2" All Printed by Master Printer Sal Lopes. Each print has been expressly authorized and individually stamped by the Archivist of the Paul Strand Archive for Aperture Foundation, Inc. to ensure authenticity. Elephant Folio. 19" x 22". Prints are laid-in loose to original, gilt-titled linen Solander case. Large 4 page Colophon and Dedicatory booklet also laid-in.
Aperture's 50th Anniversary Founders and Friends Portfolio brings together the seminal work of five masters of photography, each uniquely linked to Aperture's history, in one portfolio for the first time. Commemorating the convergence of the original visionaries who founded and fostered Aperture from its inception, this deluxe portfolio of unparalleled images from three founders and two dear friends of Aperture—Dorothea Lange, Barbara Morgan, Paul Strand, Edward Weston, and Aperture's first Editor-in-Chief, Minor White—is an extraordinary collector's item.
Apparently lacks accompanying four text panels featuring writings by Nancy and Beaumont Newhall. A Very Fine, Pristine copy of this most rare and desireable collection.
Item #8558
Price: $5,000.00
