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Rauschenberg, Robert (Artist/Photographer) & Ives, Colta (Contributor).
PHOTOS IN + OUT CITY LIMITS: NEW YORK CITY ("PHOTOS IN & OUT CITY LIMITS: NEW YORK CITY") .
New York City, NY: ULAE Incorporated, 1982. Hardcover. First Edition/First Printing. 70 pages. Fine. The artist's second collection of photographs. One of the most important photography books of the 20th century. The true first. Precedes and should not be confused with the paperback edition. There is no ISBN. An immaculate production by Robert Rauschenberg: Oversize-volume format. A very tall and slim book. White linen cloth boards with metallic-silver titles beautifully embossed on cover and spine, as issued. Photographs by Robert Rauschenberg. Essay by Colta Ives. Matching white linen cloth slipcase. Printed on thick matte stock paper in the United States to the very highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Presents the great artist's groundbreaking collection of black-and-white photographs, the partial fulfillment of his 30-year-old wish to photograph the entire United States. Showcases his unique approach to photography as a process of discovery, selection, and assemblage of objects from everyday life. One of the least well-known facts about Rauschenberg is that he began his career as a photographer. He sees no distinction between his photography and his painting. He brings the same acute eye to both. The photographs, like the paintings, are formally rigorous, sensuous and piercing. His celebrated method of appropriating found images and objects to capture the fabric, tempo and "feel" of modern life is photographically-inspired and characterizes his now-large body of work. The idea of appropriation is not unique to Rauschenberg. It is a central tenet of Surrealism and continues to be the latter Movement's enduring legacy. What makes Rauschenberg's work unique is the way he has "set in motion an interplay of shapes in which the human form is integrated to a rigorous yet flamboyant sense of design, pictures in which art and real life coincide" (Pontus Hulten). One of the most important works in Robert Rauschenberg's prolifically rich, diverse and stupendous output. This title has been out-of-print for a very long time. Many copies are in inferior condition because the color white soils very easily. This is one of very few copies of the First Hardcover Edition still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a collector's copy. A very scarce copy thus. 70 tritones. One of the greatest artists of the 20th century. A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER ROBERT RAUSCHENBERG TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). $150.00 |
