Questions to My Father Tapa dura - 2004

Italy: Trolley Ltd 2004. 4to. 160 pp., 70 b/w photos. Still shrinkwrapped. In 1916, with the Great War reducing northern Europe to a treeless, shattered void, a boy was born to the prosperous director of a pharmaceutical firm in Zurich. He was named Werner. It was not an auspicious time to be born and, indeed, his mother died soon after. As a child, young Werner sought order in his life by dissecting snails and photographing, in the limpid light of his creation, the elegant whorls revealed. He did not become the physical training instructor (a compromise) his father wanted him to be. He did not become the painter he had once wanted to be in Paris in 1939, on the brink of another devastating conflict. He became Werner Bischof, the man, and a photographer of incalculable artistry who found in both order and the chaos he confronted and experienced a sublime beauty, a humanity that was singularly his own. His photographs of the post-war Europe in poverty and despair expressed infinite hope for the human… Leer más

Hardback. New.

Trolley Ltd, 2004. Hardcover. New. 160 pages. 11.75x0.50x1.00 inches.

London, England: Trolley Books, 2004. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. British First. Complete number line from 1 to 10; a bit of edge wear to boards and dust jacket; otherwise a solid, clean copy with no marking or underlining; collectible condition; illustrated with black and white photographs by Werner Bischof; unpaginated..

TROLLEY BOOKS, 2004-05-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good -. 11x8x0. Signed by Author. SIGNED BY AUTHOR Marco Bischof (son of Werner Bischof) with a large inscription to previous owner on front free end paper. Clean, solid copy with otherwise unmarked text. Light bumps and wear to top cover corner tips. Binding is tight and square. Jacket is glossy with moderate surface and edge wear; no tears. Oversize hardcover. 1st edition/1st printing with full number line. Books that sell for $9 or more ship in a box; under $9 in a bubble mailer. Expedited and international orders may ship in a flat rate envelope rather than a box due to cost constraints. All US-addressed items ship with complimentary delivery confirmation.