Walker Evans: Signs Contributor(s): Codrescu, Andrei (Author) |
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ISBN: 0892363762 ISBN-13: 9780892363766 Publisher: J. Paul Getty Museum
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: September 1998 Annotation: From the 1920s to the time of his death in 1975, photographer Walker Evans was obsessed with the signage he found in modern America--from billboards to gas station pumps to street graffiti to handmade announcements of a Saturday-night dance. This book features 50 of his photographs of signs from the Getty Museum's collection, plus 50 additional illustrations. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Photography | Individual Photographers - General - Photography | Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions - General - Photography | History |
Dewey: 779.092 |
LCCN: 98004270 |
Physical Information: 0.58" H x 9.41" W x 7.88" L (1.18 lbs) 96 pages |
Features: Illustrated, Price on Product |
Review Citations: New York Times 09/13/1998 pg. 26 Library Journal 09/15/1998 pg. 71 Univ PR Books for Public Libry 01/01/1999 pg. 48 - Recommended/Special Interest |
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Publisher Description: Walker Evans photographed signs throughout every phase of his career. From the 1920s to the time of his death in 1975, Evans was obsessed with the signage he found in modern America--from billboards to gas station pumps to street graffiti to handmade announcements of a Saturday-night dance. This book features fifth photographs of signs from the Getty Museum's collection, presented with a lively, provocative essay by Andrei Codrescu. Codrescu trains a perceptive eye on the artistic and social climate in Evans's America and reflects on the photographer's images as documents and commentary. Some of the images included come from the place and era most closely associated with Evans--the rural South of the 1930s. But also included are photographs that will be less familiar to many of his admirers, such as his images of New York City street scenes and advertising signs, or pictures he took in Havana and in Sarasota, Florida. |
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