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Kenna, Michael (Photographer) & Tucker, Anne Wilkes (Contributor) .
MICHAEL KENNA: RETROSPECTIVE TWO.
Tucson, AZ: Nazraeli Press, 2004. Hardcover. First Edition/First Printing. 172 pages. As New/As New. Retrospective collection of photographs. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with the Second Edition. A handsomely elegant production by Chris Pichler and Hideyuki Taguchi: Oversize-volume format in square shape. A very tall and thick book. Peach silk cloth boards with titles embossed on cover and spine, as issued. Photographs by Michael Kenna. Essay, "Inventing Peace", by Anne Wilkes Tucker in the English original and Japanese translation. As difficult as it may be to imagine, Kenna's following in Japan is larger than in the United States. Extensive Biography and List of Plates appended at the end. In pictorial DJ with white and gray titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Published as a companion book to the artist's first retrospective, the new collection presents an overview of Kenna's landscape photographs made between 1994 and 2004, at the height of his fame. "Michael Kenna is arguably the most influential landscape photographer of his generation. The subject of over 20 books and hundreds of solo exhibitions throughout Asia, Australia, Europe and the United States, Michael Kenna often works at dawn or during the night. He concentrates primarily on the interaction between the ephemeral atmospheric conditions of the natural landscape, human-made structures, and sculptural mass. Kenna's exquisitely crafted prints are included in such Permanent Museum Collections as The National Gallery Washington, DC, The Museum of Decorative Arts Prague, and The Victoria and Albert Museum London. In 2001, Michael Kenna was made a Chevalier in the Order of Arts and Letters by the Ministry of Culture in France. Born in Widnes, England in 1953, he currently lives in Portland, Oregon" (Publisher's blurb). Anne Wilkes Tucker's illuminating essay examines Kenna's influence and impact on contemporary photography. One of the best single introductions to the art of an important photographer. A "must-have" title for Michael Kenna collectors. This copy is very boldly and beautifully signed in black fountain pen on the title page by Michael Kenna. This is one of very few signed copies of the First Hardcover Edition still available online and has no flaws, a pristine beauty. A very scarce signed copy thus. 150 duotone plates. One of the most influential living photographers. A flawless collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER MICHAEL KENNA TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 1590051114. $200.00 |
