20TWENTY - Scarce Fine Copy of The First Hardcover Edition/First Printing

Fraenkel, Jeffrey; Arbus, Diane; Brassai; Eggleston, William; Ray, Man & Other Photographers

ISBN 10: 1881337073 / ISBN 13: 9781881337072

Published by San Francisco, CA: Fraenkel Gallery, 1999, 1999

About this Item

1st Printing. 183 pages. Published in 1999. Exhibition Catalog. Retrospective collection of photographs. The first and only edition. Published in a small and limited one-time-only print run as a hardcover original only. The Exhibition Catalog is now scarce. An austerely elegant production by Catherine Mills Design Seattle: Oversize-volume format. Pictorial hard boards, which reproduces an extreme closeup version of Man Ray's "Glass Tears, 1933", with titles on the spine, as issued. Photographs by various contributors, a Who's Who of the history of photography. Text by Jeffrey Fraenkel. Printed in tritone and color on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in the United States to the highest standards. The reproduction quality is exemplary in every respect. Without DJ, as issued. Published on the occasion of the 20th-Anniversary Exhibition of Fraenkel Gallery San Francisco in 1999. Presents "20Twenty". Another very personal selection of great photographs by Jeffrey Fraenkel. "A full-strength celebration of the medium of photography itself. Moving backward, forward, and sideways through photography's history, weaves unexpected connections between artists as disparate as Duchamp and Eggleston, Arbus and Nadar. Incorporating anonymous photographs as well as works by masters such as Watkins, Brassai, and the Bechers, a visual testament to the past, present, and future relevance of the medium" (Publisher's blurb). "True to Fraenkel's statement that the art form is based on 'photography's particular manner of describing things'. Documenting one man's connoisseurship, this quiet, handsome volume portrays Fraenkel's high standards, and sheds light on the subtle, mysterious relationships among eye, lens, and image through its careful selection of photographs" (David Bryant). An absolute "must-have" title for photography book collectors. This title is a contemporary photography classic. This is one of few copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A scarce copy thus. Lavishly illustrated with tritone and color plates. Some of the greatest photographers in its history. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO "SEEING THINGS", "FURTHERMORE", "THE PLOT THICKENS", AND OTHER FRAENKEL GALLERY TITLES IN OUR CATALOG) ISBN 1881337073.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: 20TWENTY - Scarce Fine Copy of The First Hardcover Edition/First Printing
• Publisher: San Francisco, CA: Fraenkel Gallery, 1999
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1881337073
• ISBN 13: 9781881337072
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: None, As Issued
• Signed: no

About this title

Synopsis

The Fraenkel Gallery celebrates its 20th anniversary with a special exhibition and corresponding catalogue entitled 20Twenty. Including works by 68 photographers and spanning the history of the medium, this project focuses on masterworks as well as entirely unknown photographs by anonymous practitioners. The artists include Arbus, Brassai, Cornell, Duchamp, Eggleston, Kertesz, LeWitt, Man Ray, Modotti, Rodchenko, Ruscha, Stieglitz, Strand, and Warhol, among many others. Moving backwards, forwards, and sideways through the past 160 years, the works interweave in unexpected ways themes that photographers have addressed since the invention of the medium. Through its concentration on a group of photographs which have propelled, sustained, and re-invented the medium, 20Twenty involves the viewer in photography's intricate past, present, and future. Certain sub-themes emerge when disparate pieces are viewed in context with one another: the exploration of the metaphysical in photography, a long history of self-fashioning, and the innate aspects of the surreal imbued within photographs. Also included is an exhibition list of the gallery's first 20 years.

Reviews

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of his San Francisco gallery, a pioneer space in the establishment of the art photography market, Fraenkel presents this well-designed volume featuring an eclectic gathering of work by artists his gallery has shown. The stable of photographers appearing here includes Man Ray, Diane Arbus, William Eggleston, Alfred Stieglitz, Ed Ruscha, Paul Strand, and Andy Warhol. The photographs are true to Fraenkel's statement in the afterword that the art form is based on "photography's particular manner of describing things." Documenting one man's connoisseurship, this quiet, handsome volume portrays Fraenkel's high standards and sheds light on the subtle, mysterious relationship among eye, lens, and image through its careful selection of photographs. Researchers will appreciate the complete chronology of exhibits held at the gallery. Recommended for larger collections.
-David Bryant, New Canaan Lib., CT
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