Rudy Burckhardt (an exhibition catalogue) (English and Spanish Edition) Tapa blanda - 1998

Galgiani, Phillip, 1999-03-01. Paperback. Very Good. . Ex-library copy w/ stickers and stamps. Light shelfwear. Pages clean and intact.

IVAM Centre Julio Gonzalez, 1999. Soft cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall.

Valencia, Spain: IVAM Centre Julio Gonzalez, 1998.. 4to. 199 pp. Very Good+. Soft Covers with French folds. Pages fine. Color and B&W photographic plates throughout. Text in English and Spanish.Rudolph (Rudy) Burckhardt (1914-1999) was born in Basel, Switzerland, and immigrated to the United States in 1935, hoping to forge a career in photography. By the 1940s, he had begun to create a series of now-classic photographs of New York, which uniquely capture the energy and chaotic beauty of the city. Burckhardt soon became well-known in New York art circles, and began to photograph the great New York artists of the time, creating legendary portraits of icons like de Kooning and Pollock. Gradually, he became an important cultural force in his own right, not only as a photographer, but also as a maker of underground films, and, later in life, as a painter. This book is the first comprehensive monograph on Burckhardt's photographs. It includes not only his New York street scenes and his artists'… Leer más