Lewis Baltz Works (10 volume boxed set)

Baltz, Lewis

ISBN 10: 3869301147 / ISBN 13: 9783869301143

Published by Steidl Verlag, Gottingen, 2010

About this Item

10 volumes 27 x 28 cm comprising: The Prototype Works; The Tract Houses; The New Industrial Parks Near Irvine, California; Maryland; Nevada; Park City; San Quentin Point; Near Reno; Continuous Fire Polar Circle; Sites of Technology. Wth full-page colour or b&w illustrations throughout.Cloth, all fine in fine slipcase. No. 506 of the limited edition of 1,100 copies of the boxed set, signed by the photographer.

Seller Inventory # 13949

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Lewis Baltz Works (10 volume boxed set)
• Publisher: Steidl Verlag, Gottingen
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3869301147
• ISBN 13: 9783869301143
• Binding: Hardcover
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

First edition, first printing. 10 volumes. Limited edition of 1,100 numbered copies, with a certificate (bound in Volume 9), signed and numbered in pencil by Baltz. Gray linen cloth-covered boards with title stamped in white on spine; no dust jacket as issued; contained in a matching slipcase with title stamped in white on front. The slipcase is further contained in a white printed cardboard case with carrying handle, and the outer case is packed in a printed cardboard shipping box. Photographs by Lewis Baltz. Volume 1: The Prototype Works, 1967-76. Text by Matthew S. Witkovsky. 188 pp., with quadratone plates. --- Volume 2: The Tract Houses, 1971. Foreword by Adam D. Weinberg. Text by Sheryl Conkelton. 60 pp., with quadratone plates. --- Volume 3: The New Industrial Parks near Irvine, California, 1974. 108 pp., with quadratone plates. --- Volume 4: Maryland, 1976. Text by Jane Livingston. 56 pp., with quadratone plates. --- Volume 5: Nevada, 1977. Text by Robert Sobieszek. 44 pp., with quadratone plates. --- Volume 6: Park City, 1980. Text by Hubertus von Amelunxen. 216 pp., with quadratone plates. --- Volume 7: San Quentin Point, 1986. 120 pp., with quadratone plates. --- Volume 8: Near Reno, 1986. 32 pp., with quadratone plates. --- Volume 9: Continuous Fire Polar Circle, 1986. 20 pp., with quadratone plates. --- Volume 10: Sites of Technology, 1989-91. Text by Antonello Frongia. 120 pp., with quadratone and four-color plates. The set includes a certificate signed and numbered by Baltz. Beautifully printed by Steidl, Göttingen.

Reviews

His uncompromising, desolately beautiful images have the power to rearrange our notions of the distinction between the construction of reality and its perception, between art and document. —Barry Schwabsky