[WESTON, EDWARD & JOHAN HAGEMEYER] Weston, Edward
4to., 16 pp., 5 b&w illustrations from photographs, including the cover. Pictorial stiff wrappers, which are slightly toned; near fine. Issued November 1976, as Number 3, in the series, The Archive, from the Center for Creative Photography.
Williams, Lynn Barstis
4to., x, 211 pp., over 60 plates, largely in b&w. A fine, as new copy in the illustrated dust jacket. With this book the author outlines the history of printmaking in the South, the growth of the print society movement, and the influence of social realism, New Deal art programs, and the Arts and Crafts movement on the aesthetics of southern printmakers. She also reviews the motifs, imagery, and subject matter - the natural world, farms and farmers at work, rural architecture and townscapes, African-American life, religious gatherings, and scenes of leisure and play (hunting, dancing, music-playing) - from the dust jacket.
4to., 298 pp., 101 plates in b&w and color, other illustrations in text. Fine, as new, in illustrated dw. An exhibition organized by The Newark Museum on the Harmon Foundation and its pioneering support of African-American artists. Real estate baron William E. Harmon, established a foundation in 1922, which created and administered a number of innovative public programs, incuding its Awards for Distinguished Achievement Among Negroes. Cash prizes were awarded to black artists during the 1920s and 30s, by which several black artists were able to travel, study and pursue their work.
[ADAMS, ANSEL] Strand, Paul, Ansel Adams. Texts by Mike Weaver, Anne Hammond, et al.
4to., 104 pp., portfolio of 20 b&w plates from photographs, reproductions of letters, and other illustrations in text and covers. Pictorial stiff wrappers; near fine. Issued 1990, as Number 27, in the series, The Archive, from the Center for Creative Photography.
[MATHER, MARGRETHE] Justema, William, Lawrence Jasud
4to., 70, [2] pp., portfolio of 45 b&w illustrations from photographs, including covers. Pictorial stiff wrappers, which are foxed along the spine and slightly bumped at the lower tip. Very Good. Signed by "Billy Justema" Issued December 1979, as Number 11, in the series, The Archive, from the Center for Creative Photography.
[MATHER, MARGRETHE] Justema, William, Lawrence Jasud
4to., 70, [2] pp., portfolio of 45 b&w illustrations from photographs, including covers. Pictorial stiff wrappers; near fine. Issued December 1979, as Number 11, in the series, The Archive, from the Center for Creative Photography.
Wessel, Henry, Jr.
Vintage (circa 1971) gelatin silver photograph, 11 15/16 in x 7 15/16 in [30.32 cm x 17.78 cm] dry mounted to archival rag board, 16 in x 20 in. Affixed to the blank rear of the mount is a printed label, " PRINT SALE, HENRY WESSEL, PRICE 30. added in pencil) VISUAL STUDIES WORKSHOP, 4 ELTON ST., ROCHESTER, N.Y. 14607 (7126) 442-8676." A fine, presumably, vintage print. Henry Wessel, Jr. received his M.F.A. from the Visual Studies Workshop and the State University of New York in 1971, the first class to graduate from the VSW. From its inception, the VSW held print sales to raise operating funds. The exact date of this photograph and print sale are unknown; however, the VSW moved to a larger building, 31 Prince St., Rochester, in 1978.
4to., xxv, 322 pp., 64 pages of plates in b&w and color. A fine copy in dust jacket. The collection consists of approximately 4,000 items including original illustrated books, periodicals, exhibition catalogues, pamphlets, posters, manuscripts, letters, and original prints representing most of the major avant-garde movements of the twentieth century, including Surrealism, Expressionism, Symbolism, Dada, Cubism, and Futurism.
[WESTON, EDWARD & WILLARD VAN DYKE] Calmes, Leslie Squyres, editor
4to., 67 pp.,over 75 reproductions of letters, with additional b&w illustrations from photographs and other sources in text and covers. Pictorial stiff wrappers. Fine. Published in 1990, as unnumbered issue 31, in the series, The Archive, from the Center for Creative Photography.
