Backyard Oasis: The Swimming Pool in Southern California Photography, 1945-1982 Tapa dura - 2012

Palm Springs, CA and New York: Palm Springs Art Museum; DelMonico Books, 2012. Cloth, 256 pages, illustrations (some colour); 29 cm. Published on the occasion of the exhibition Backyard Oasis: The Swimming Pool in Southern California Photography, 1945-1982, Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, California, January 21 to May 27, 2012. Near fine. Gently browsed, clean inside copy. Faint droplet stain/top edge. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. Profusely illustrated. Southern California's pool culture is the subject of this unique and luscious collection of photographs that explore the parallel evolution of an iconic symbol and an artistic genre. Since the end of World War II, Southern California's backyard pools--those blue-green oases in an otherwise often arid landscape--have symbolized any number of American ideals: optimism, wealth, consumerism, escape, physical beauty, and the triumph of man over nature.… Leer más

Clean, with no defects, but shows light wear at edges of dust jacket. / Since the end of World War II, southern California's backyard pools - those blue-green oases in an otherwise often arid landscape - have symbolized any number of American ideals: optimism, wealth, consumerism, escape, physical beauty, and the triumph of man over nature. Simultaneously, the field of photography developed as a transformative method for recording the human condition. This exhibition catalogue celebrates the nexus of these two phenomena in a one-of-a-kind collection that features more than two hundred works by more than forty post-war artists and photographers. It presents works by photographers and artists including Bill Anderson, John Baldessari, Ruth Bernhard, David Hockney, Herb Ritts, Ed Ruscha, Julius Shulman, and Larry Sultan. Thematically grouped into topics ranging from the rise of celebrity culture, suburbia and dystopia, avant-garde architectural landscape design and the cult of the body, these… Leer más

Prestel USA, January 2012. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. The slightest of spine leans. Veyr minimal rubbing to the edges and corners of the Dj. Dj is now protected by a mylar cover. Binding is tight.

Prestel Pub, 2012. Hardcover. New. 01 edition. 256 pages. 11.50x11.50x1.25 inches.

New York / Palm Springs: Prestel / Delmonico Books / Palm Springs Art Museum, 2012. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 256 Pp. Yellow Cloth Stamped In Black. First Printing. Fine In Fine Dust Jacket. Signed By Photographer Michael Childers (Noted In The Text, With Four Of His Hockney Photos Shown) On The Half Title Page.

Prestel Publishing. New. 2012. Hardcover. 3791351761 .*** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request *** - *** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy, brand new, pristine, never opened -- 256 pp. ; 240 illus. (84 in color. ) -- with a bonus offer-- .