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Paperback. The catalogue for an exhibition of street photography by Leon Levinstein titled "That's Where The Life Is" and held at the Stephen Daiter Gallery, Chicago, December 14, 2001 - January 12, 2002. Photographs by Leon Levinstein; essay by Helen Gee. First edition. Staple-bound card wraps; 22 pages; duo-toned b&w plates throughout; 8.5 x 10.5 inches. Condition: Fine/As New paperback. Will be sandwiched securely between stiff layers of cardboard and shipped the next business day.

First edition. Softcover. 22 pages. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran December 14, 2001 through January 19, 2002. Features an essay by Helen Gee. Includes, with the covers, 18 black and white images. A very near fine copy in stapled wrappers.

Soft cover. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 22 pages. Published in 2001. Exhibition Catalog. The first and only edition. Published in a small and limited print run as a softcover original only. There is no ISBN. The Exhibition Catalog is now scarce. An austerely elegant production by David W. Williams: Regular-sized volume format. Pictorial softcovers with titles on the cover, as issued. Photographs by Leon Levinstein. Introduction/Reminiscence by the legendary Helen Gee, one of the earliest supporters of then-nascent photographers like Levinstein as well as Robert Frank. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in the United States to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Published on the occasion of the landmark exhibition of the same name held at the Stephen Daiter Gallery Chicago from December 14, 2001 through January 12, 2002. Presents "Leon Levinstein: That's Where The Life Is". Some of his finest and most representative images. One of the best photographers of the "Chicago School", Levinstein is much better-known in Europe than in the United States. A rigorous formalist, his photographs capture American life in a way that is singularly his own: Levinstein was a Master of capturing not just the physical "moves", but the very pulse and natural rhythm of the subjects he photographed. Children and adults walk, run, play, swing, and sway - and also pause, stop, and remain still - beautifully in Levinstein's photographs. Hence the aptness of Helen Gee's essay, "That's Where The Life Is". Annie Leibovitz has expressed profound admiration for Levinstein's "moving" pictures, commenting that the technique required was something she herself did not possess. An absolute "must-have" title for Leon Levinstein collectors. This title is a contemporary art photography classic. This is one of few copies of the Exhibition Catalog still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. A scarce copy thus. 17 duotone plates. One of the finest photographers of the 20th century. A fine copy. no.

Condition: Good. 4to. 22 pp. Soft Cover. Very Good. Stiff illustrated paper wraps. Staple binding. B&W plates throughout. Provenance: From the estate of Gerald Nordland (1927-2019). Nordland was a museum director, art critic, educator and author. Dean of the Chouinard Art Institute (1960-64), Director of the San Francisco Museum of Art (now SFMoMA (1966-73), Milwaukee Art Museum (1977-85), and the UCLA Wight Art Gallery (1973-77). He is the author of over 60 publications, including books on Lachaise, Nakian, Diebenkorn and Frank Lloyd Wright.

Condition: Good. 4to. [19 pp]. Soft, stapled glossy black and white pictorial wraps. Very good with marginal chipping along spine. Black and white plates, including frontis. Includes an essay by Helen Gee. List of exhibited works and artist C.V. printed on last page. Catalogue created on occasion of exhibition "Leon Levinstein" at Howard Greenberg's Photofind Gallery in New York, NY from May 31 through June 29, 1990. First edition. From the Collection of the Art Historian Peter Selz.

Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Condition: Fine. First Edition. 16pp, 19 duotone illustrations + covers. Published in conjunction with a 1990 exhibition at Howard Greenberg's Photofind Gallery, this slender yet elegant sixteen page catalogue is the first significant publication on Leon Levinstein - the then-unsung member of "The New York School of Photography". It reproduces twenty of Levinstein's stark images of the Big Apple's streets and denizens of the fifties and sixties along with an essay by Limelight gallerist and colleague Helen Gee. A most handsome copy of this exceedingly uncommon document with the gallery's pricelist and opening announcement laid in. Photography Monograph.

Hardcover. Quarto. Hardcover. Grey cloth with stamped titles in illustrated jacket. 311 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm. French language. VG/G+. Book in very good condition, clean and unmarked. Jacket has moderate wear including bumping and small creases around the edges. Spine a little sunned with some light sticker residue at the tail.