THOMAS STRUTH 1977-2002 - Rare Fine Copy of The First Hardcover Edition/First Printing: Signed by Thomas Struth - SIGNED ON THE HALF-TITLE PAGE

Struth, Thomas (Photographer) & Various Contributors

ISBN 10: 0300093608 / ISBN 13: 9780300093605

Published by Dallas, TX: Dallas Museum Of Art, 2002, 2002

About this Item

1st Printing. Signed. 190 pages. Published in 2002. Exhibition Monograph. Retrospective of the photographer's body of work. One of the essential books on the photographic art and achievement of Thomas Struth. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. A brilliant production by the Dallas Museum of Art: Oversize-volume format. Pale gray cloth boards with black titles embossed on cover and spine, as issued. Photographs by Thomas Struth. Essays by various scholars and photography experts: Douglas Eklund, Ann Goldstein, Maria Morris Hambourg, and Charles Wylie. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in Italy to the highest standards. The reproduction quality is outstanding in every respect. In pictorial DJ with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Published on the occasion of the exhibition of the same name held at the Dallas Museum of Art in 2002. It travelled on to ALL of the other major venues: The Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles, The Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, and the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago. Presents "Thomas Struth 1977-2002". Singular photography that remains rooted in the influential German School that Struth then helped expand and develop. "Struth captured the atmospheric power of the contemporary urban landscape. Struth's best-known works are his majestic, large-scaled museum photographs depicting visitors to some of the world's greatest museums. These captivating photographs not only transport us to the place depicted, they also provide a chance to re-examine our own selves looking at art" (Publisher's blurb). An absolute "must-have" title for Thomas Struth collectors. This copy is very boldly and beautifully signed in metallic-silver pen-marker on the half-title page by Thomas Struth. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is a great art photography book. This is one of very few such signed copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. A rare signed copy thus. 60 color, 37 duotone plates. "Thomas Struth: Museum Photographs" was selected as one of the greatest photography books in "The Photobook". One of the most brilliant photographers of our time. A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER THOMAS STRUTH TITLES IN OUR CATALOG) ISBN 0300093608.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: THOMAS STRUTH 1977-2002 - Rare Fine Copy of The First Hardcover Edition/First Printing: Signed by Thomas Struth - SIGNED ON THE HALF-TITLE PAGE
• Publisher: Dallas, TX: Dallas Museum Of Art, 2002
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: German
• ISBN 10: 0300093608
• ISBN 13: 9780300093605
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: As New
• Signed: Signed by Author

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Synopsis

Photographer Thomas Struth (b. 1954), one of the most intriguing, challenging, and gifted artists to emerge from Europe in the past two decades, has created a beautiful and distinctive body of images depicting the world - its buildings, people, society, and culture - in its present moment of perpetual change. Unlike many of his contemporaries who have investigated photography's fictional potential, Struth has adhered to a straightforward yet formally refined approach that makes his viewers become aware of their world in often entirely new ways.
This catalogue is the first to encompass Struth's entire body of work, dating from the late 1970's to the early 2000's. His early black-and-white photographs of deserted city streets, his psychologically penetrating portraits of individuals and families, his renowned "museum pictures," and his large-format color landscapes of nature and industry from around the globe are all represented in this unsurpassed collection of images. Engaging essays by well known photography and art experts chronicle Thomas Struth's career: Charles Wylie examines the development of Struth's art and places him in the context of photographic history of the last century; Maria Morris Hambourg and Douglas Eklund review the artist's aesthetic and intellectual influences and maturation; and Ann Goldstein investigates the role portraiture has played in Struth's art. This survey attests to the unmistakable importance of his photographs and his valued place in the history of photography and contemporary art.

About the Author

Douglas Eklund is Research Associate, The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Ann Goldstein is Senior Curator, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. Maria Morris Hambourg is Curator in Charge, The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Charles Wylie is The Lupe Murchison Curator of Contemporary Art, Dallas Museum of Art.