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New York: E. Weyhe / Merle Armitage, 1932. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Slipcase. Photographs By Edward Weston. A Major Work In American Photography,With Full-Size Reproductions Of Weston's Photographs Printed From Half-Tones Made By The Los Angeles Engraving Company Under The Supervision Of Charles Benson. One Of 550 Copies, This Being #455 Hand Signed By Edward Weston On The Colophon, And Additionally Inscribed On The Facing Page By Weston "To Giovanni -- Artist (Underlined) From Edward - 1934" And Additionally Inscribed From Armitage "This Signature Is Added By Merle Armitage". (Also Included Is The Will Kistler Printed " Receiving Record" For This Copy, #455, Dated Feb. 12, 1934; Napolitano Subsequently Took A Trip To Carmel To Visit Weston, Apparently Bringing This Book With Him For Signature.) Napolitano Illustrated Many Books For Armitage, And Illustrated Some Books With Weston; Weston Took The Portrait Photograph For Armitage's Book On…
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THE ART OF EDWARD WESTON
by [WESTON]. Armitage, Merle
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NY: E. Weyhe, 1932. First edition. Weston, Edward. Folio, frontis portrait of Edward Weston by Brett Weston, and 39 full-page b&w photos. Quarter white paper and glossy black paper over beveled boards. Fine, but for toning to the white paper which forms the spine and portion of the covers, darkening where it is exposed from the slipcase. Housed in the publisher's slipcase which is worn and edge-chipped. The first full monograph on Weston, and one of the first on any American photographer. With a foreword by Charles Sheeler, an appreciation by Lincoln Steffens, a prophecy by Arthur Miller, an estimate by Jean Charlot, and a statement by Edward Weston. The book was designed by Merle Armitage and limited to 550 SIGNED copies, of which this is number 380.
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- Date Published 1932
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The Art Of Edward Weston (Inscribed By Weston; In Slipcase)
by Weston, Edward; Arthur Millier; Jean Charlot; Merle Armitage; Foreword By Charles Sheeler
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