Matsue, Signed (9 results)

Hardcover without dustjacket as issued; 68 pages; in English and German; as new condition; clean and crisp; signed by Taiji Matsue on first blank page; no other internal marks. Foreign shipping may be extra.

Hardcover without dustjacket as issued and obi band; unpaginated; in English and Japanese; very good condition; clean and crisp; signed by Taiji Matsue on first gray page; no other internal marks. 3 postcards laid in. Foreign shipping may be extra.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First edition. Quarto. Unpaginated, 64 pages. Black & white photo-illustrated boards, white spine label lettered in black. Illustrated throughout with aerial photographs of urban and suburban landscapes, including Tokyo, New York, Chicago, Paris, and many others. Signed on the front free endpaper by Taiji Matsue. A fine, as new copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing. Signed in black marker recto the front free endpaper by Matsue. Hardcover. Photographically illustrated paper-covered boards with two-inch white paper obi (Japanese wrap-around band) with a quote printed in pink text (in Japanese and English) by Daido Moriyama, no dust jacket as issued. Photographs by Taiji Matsue. Designed by Masayoshi Kodaira, Flame, Inc. Unpaginated (64 pp.), with 62 black and white plates beautifully printed in Japan by Kashimura Co., Ltd. 11-5/8 x 9 inches. Out of print. Near Fine (small bump to the lower right corner; light smearing of the ink on the obi due to a printing error). From Daido Moriyama (text printed on the obi): "This view almost exposes the city; it's nothing but a visual scandal." Signed by Author.

Hardcover without dustjacket as issued; unpaginated; in English and Japanese; very good condition; clean and crisp; signed by Taiji Matsue on first page; no other internal marks. Foreign shipping may be extra.

First Edition. First edition. Oblong hardcover. Text by Minoru Shimizu in English and Japanese. A striking collection of aerial photography by Matsue. A very near fine copy in photo-illustrated boards. No dust jacket as issued. Signed by Matsue on the front free endpaper. Uncommon. Signed.

Hardcover without dustjacket as issued; unpaginated; in English and Japanese; very good condition; silver boards have light to moderate rubbing wear; signed by Taiji Matsue in pen at bottom of first blank page and pencil number is placed above his signature; no other internal marks. Foreign shipping may be extra.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing. Signed in black ink recto the front free endpaper by Matsue. Hardcover. Photographically illustrated laminated metallic paper-covered boards; no dust jacket as issued. Photographs by Taiji Matsue. Text (in Japanese and English) by Minori Shimuzu. Art direction and design by Hideki Nakajima. 118 pp., with 81 four-color plates beautifully printed on fine glossy paper by Kashimura Co., Ltd., Tokyo. 11-3/4 x 12-1/4 inches. Fine. Matsue's exquisitely detailed, impossibly sharp color aerial photographs of urban and industrial landscapes, forests, golf courses, suburban neighborhoods, highways cutting across farmland, shipping docks and marinas retain all the dense, horizonless texture of his previous black and white work. Yet where Matsue's monochromatic images exude asceticism, his color images burst with an unexpected sensuousness, held in check by artist's rigorous framing and perspective. Matsue holds a degree in Geography, and his intimate understanding of the literal and conceptual representation of place, as well as its attendant social, political, economic and environmental use and impact, give this highly refined work an even greater allure. An astute essay by Minori Shimuzu contextualizes Matsue's singular work along with Emmet Gowin's aerial photographs and the sublime 19th-century work of Carleton Watkins. And like his recent monograph, Taiji Matsue (Ugeyan, 2003), this book is beautifully produced. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Large hardback w/ jacket; SIGNED by artist on endpaper; otherwise unmarked; jacket fine. Signed by Author.