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PRICING & EDITION NUMBER: The price of this set of six titles reflects a 40% discount compared to purchasing titles individually ($150 per title compared to $250 per title). DISCOUNT ON SET 3 SPECIAL EDITIONS: Customers who purchase this set of six titles also qualify for a $150 discount off the price of a special limited edition from Set 3 (with print) of one of the six titles from the set (you will receive a second copy of the slipcased book with the special limited edition). SHIPPING NOTE: due to size and weight (e.g., multi-volume sets), additional shipping fees apply (calculated at checkout). First edition, first printing. Limited edition of 350 copies. Each of the six volumes is numbered on the colophon page and signed by the artist on a label tipped in to the back cover. Each volume in the set shares the following characteristics: Hardcover. Silk cloth-covered boards; with photographically illustrated dust jacket and silk cloth-covered slipcase. 15 x 12 inches. New in publisher's packaging. From the publisher: "We are excited to announce the NZ Library, a new series of limited edition, highly collectible artists' books. Printed on Japanese art paper using our exclusive 'Daido black' inks, all books in the NZ Library have certain aspects in common: each title is produced using the highest material and production values; each is limited to 350 numbered and signed copies; each is bound in silk cloth and individually slipcased. Each book in the series is uniform in height, with a slipcased format of 15 x 12 inches. The NZ Library will be built six titles at a time, with groupings curated to balance and play off of past, present and future titles in the series. While copies will be available to purchase individually, a generous discount is extended for orders of all six titles in any given set." VOLUME ONE: Bevan Davis: New York. ISBN 978-1-59005-450-5. 48 pp., with 20 duotone plates. From the publisher: "Bevan Daviesâ s second monograph in the NZ Library Series, New York, 1975 is a powerful companion book to Los Angeles, 1976 (published in NZL Set 1). Both volumes present comprehensive important bodies of work that was influential, widely exhibited and collected at the time it was made; but not published in book form until now. New York, 1975 opens with an insightful essay by Joshua Chuang, The Miriam & Ira D. Wallach Associate Director for Art, Prints and Photographs, and The Robert B. Menschel Senior Curator of Photography at The New York Public Library Bevan Davies's work is included in many major public and private collections, including those of the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles; Art Institute of Chicago; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Center for Creative Photography, Tucson; and Nelson Atkins Museum, Kansas City. " NOTE: A SPECIAL EDITION (WITH ONE PRINT) IS ALSO AVAILABLE. VOLUME TWO: Katy Grannan: Hundreds of Sparrows: Volume 1. ISBN 978-1-59005-451-2. 48 pp., with 33 four-color plates. From the publisher: "Hundreds of Sparrows is a two-volume set of books by contemporary artist and filmmaker Katy Grannan. Volume One (NZL Set 3), and Volume Two (NZL Set 4, forthcoming) both function as stand-alone books; together, they tell a deeper story, playing off of each other and delving deeper into the lives and surroundings of their subjects. The photographs in Hundreds of Sparrows were made in the Central Valley, in particular, the sprawling cities of Modesto, Fresno, and Bakersfield that sit within this vast agricultural region in the geographical center of California. This location also served as the setting for Grannan's debut feature film, "The Nine", which premiered to wide critical acclaim in 2016. Throughout the works, the artist explores the significance and complexity of the seemingly ordinary, the mundane and the overlookedâ "anonymous strangers, familiar gestures and interactionsâ "the soundscape and theatre of nowhere. This is the other side of the American Dream. Katy Grannan's work has been feature.
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