A Personal View: Photography in the Collection of Paul F. Walter

Paul F. Walter; John Pultz; John Szarkowski, Foreword

ISBN 10: 0870706284 / ISBN 13: 9780870706288

Published by The Museum of Modern Art, New York , NY, 1985

About this Item

Edition not stated 1985, no later printings listed, presumed first. Hardcover in full cloth with DJ. Condition as new, square tight and crisp book, no edgewear, no markings of any kind, no names no underlinings no highlights no bent page corners, not a reminder. DJ very good, couple of tears at edges, no chips, sunned at the spine and rear panel, price not clipped. 4to, 136 pages, illustrated throughout with photographs.

Seller Inventory # 016115

Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Personal View: Photography in the Collection of Paul F. Walter
• Publisher: The Museum of Modern Art, New York , NY
• Publication Date: 1985
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0870706284
• ISBN 13: 9780870706288
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Well-illustrated
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Book by Paul F. Walter, John Pultz

Reviews

This addition to the literature celebrating fine private photographic collections presents 70 black-and-white images reproduced, one to a page, in luscious duotone. One finds images of India, Second Empire France, and recognized masterworks from the early 20th century. Pultz's essay surveys photographic connoisseurship and the way in which certain personal perceptions have informed private acquisition, ultimately enlarging our view of photohistory. Yet from this beautiful but indistinctive selection of photographs one does not get a strong sense of the content of Walter's ``vision.'' While the book does not break new ground, the deluxe presentation and the useful biographical and critical notes on the plates recommend it for photography and art collections. Ann Copeland, Drew Univ. Lib., Madison, N.J.
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