Other edition: Special edition, hb., slipcased, signed, with original silver gelatine print also signed, edition of 400 copies. (Cat. Literature on Photography, no. 49. New York: Pajerski 1999, p. 2). - Check entry.
Fine purple cloth-covered outer boards with title stamped in black on cover, with green cloth-covered interior boards enclosing spiral-bound sheets, no dust jacket as issued
40 plates
Buch
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Text engl. - Other edition: A special edition of 100+10 copies includes an original print. - „Photographs by Lee Friedlander. Includes a list of plates. Unpaginated with 40 black and white plates beautifully printed on heavy matt art paper by The Stinehour Press and The Meriden Gravure Company from halftone negatives made by Richard M. A. Benson. A large fold-over portfolio-like design with a special spiral binding by Robert Burlen & Son. Out of print. Extremely scarce. With exquisite reproductions, this is one of Friedlander's most beautifully designed and most difficult to find books. Gorgeous botanical photographs from Friedlander's travels in the United States, Japan, Europe and Mexico during the 1970s.“ (Antiq. Vincent Borrelli; 05.2011).
Die montiere Umschlagillustration zeigt das Motiv der S. 215, „Serratula nudicaulis“. Diese Ausgabe von „Urformen der Kunst“ erschien unverändert in 13 Auflagen; ab der 7. Aufl. unter der Verlagsbezeichnung „Harenberg Edition“.
Text dt. Der ill. OSchU zeigt das Motiv „Cucurbita“ (entspricht Tafel 53). - „Dies ist die Neuauflage zweier Fotobuch-Klassiker. Damit sind die Bände Urfomen der Kunst und Wundergarten der Natur in der von Bloßfeldt festgelegten Form und Sequenz wieder lieferbar.“ (Kat. Lindemanns Fotobücher, 1. Nachtrag zu Kat. 25, Stuttgart, Frühjahr 1999).