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Photo Libris: Important Books and Photographs

Main Gallery

May 5 – June 17, 2006

Photo Libris: Important Books and Photographs 2006 howard greenberg gallery

PERESS, Gilles
Street, Tabriz, 1979-1980
12 1/4 x 18 3/8 inches
Gelatin silver print; printed later

Photo Libris: Important Books and Photographs 2006 howard greenberg gallery

STEICHEN, Edward
Steichen The Photographer, 1929
Publication

Photo Libris: Important Books and Photographs 2006 howard greenberg gallery

BURKE, Bill
Tank Ditch, Thailand/Cambodia, 1984
16 X 20 inches
Gelatin silver print with ink and white out

Photo Libris: Important Books and Photographs 2006 howard greenberg gallery

STEICHEN, Edward
Matches and Match Boxes. Fabric Design for Stehli Silk Corp., 1926
9 1/2 X 7 1/2 inches
Gelatin silver print; printed c.1926

Photo Libris: Important Books and Photographs 2006 howard greenberg gallery

HEATH, Dave
Jennine (Pommy Vega), 7 Arts Coffee Gallery, New York City, 1959
7 X 9 3/4 inches
Vintage gelatin silver print

Photo Libris: Important Books and Photographs 2006 howard greenberg gallery

HEATH, Dave
Arts Coffee Gallery, New York City, 1959
7 3/4 X 8 3/4 inches
Gelatin silver print; printed c.1959

Photo Libris: Important Books and Photographs 2006 howard greenberg gallery

KLEIN, William
Kids + Buddha, Tokyo, 1961
30 X 40 cm
Gelatin silver print, printed later

Photo Libris: Important Books and Photographs 2006 howard greenberg gallery

HOSOE, Eikoh
Embrace #6, 1969
4 7/8 X 3 1/4 inches
Gelatin silver print; printed c.1969

Photo Libris: Important Books and Photographs 2006 howard greenberg gallery

HOSOE, Eikoh
Embrace #7, 1969
4 3/4 X 3 1/4 inches
Gelatin silver print; printed c.1969

Photo Libris: Important Books and Photographs 2006 howard greenberg gallery

HOSOE, Eikoh
Embrace #28, 1969
5 X 3 1/4 inches
Gelatin silver print; printed c.1969

Photo Libris: Important Books and Photographs 2006 howard greenberg gallery

DAVIDSON, Bruce
Child on bed with lightbulb (from East 100th Street), 1966-68
14 X 11 inches
Gelatin silver print; printed later

Photo Libris: Important Books and Photographs 2006 howard greenberg gallery

STEICHEN, Edward
Wheelbarrow with Flower Pots, France 1920
7 15/16 X 9 15/16 inches
Gelatin silver print; printed c.1920

Photo Libris: Important Books and Photographs 2006 howard greenberg gallery

KLEIN, William
Cineposter, Tokyo, 1961
60 X 50 cm
Gelatin silver print

Photo Libris: Important Books and Photographs 2006 howard greenberg gallery

KLEIN, William
Modern Dance Ceremony Illustrating "Notre-Dame des Fleurs"  in the Small Streets of Tokyo's Business Section, 1961
30 X 40 cm
Gelatin silver  print

Photo Libris: Important Books and Photographs 2006 howard greenberg gallery

BURKE, Bill
Khmer Refugee's Tatoos, Khao I Dang, 1984
18 5/8 X 15 1/2 inches
Gelatin silver print

Photo Libris: Important Books and Photographs 2006 howard greenberg gallery

HEATH, Dave
Chicago, 1955
7 5/8 X 9 7/8 inches
Gelatin silver print; printed c.1955

Photo Libris: Important Books and Photographs 2006 howard greenberg gallery

STEICHEN, Edward
Harmonica Riddle, c.1921
9 5/8 X 7 5/8 inches
Palladium print; printed c.1921

Photo Libris: Important Books and Photographs 2006 howard greenberg gallery

BURKE, Bill
My Last Day in Cambodia, 1984
14 1/4  X 18 7/8 inches
Gelatin silver print

Photo Libris: Important Books and Photographs 2006 howard greenberg gallery

LEE, Russell
Chicago, IL, 1941
8 X 10 inches
Gelatin silver print; printed c. 1941

Photo Libris: Important Books and Photographs 2006 howard greenberg gallery

EVANS, Walker
Houses and Billboards in Atlanta, 1936
8 X 10 inches
Gelatin silver print; printed c. 1936

Photo Libris: Important Books and Photographs
Photo Libris: Important Books and Photographs 2006 howard greenberg gallery

DAVIDSON, Bruce
East 100th Street (couple dancing near jukebox), 1966-68
14 X 11 inches
Gelatin silver print; printed later

Photo Libris: Important Books and Photographs 2006 howard greenberg gallery

HOSOE, Eikoh
Embrace #52, 1969
4 7/8 X 3 1/4 inches
Gelatin silver print; printed c.1969

Photo Libris: Important Books and Photographs 2006 howard greenberg gallery

LANGE, Dorothea
Migrant Mother, Nipomo, California, 1936
8 X 10 inches
Gelatin silver print; printed c. 1936

Press Release

Howard Greenberg Gallery is pleased to announce its upcoming exhibition Photo Libris; focusing on important photographic books from the personal collections of Edward Steichen, William Klein, Bruce Davidson, Eikoh Hosoe, Gilles Peress, Dave Heath, Bill Burke and FSA photographers.  Recent publications such as Andrew Roth’s The Book of 101 Books: Seminal Photographic Books of the Twentieth Century, Martin Parr’s two volume The Photobook: A History and the Hasselblad Center’s The Open Book have shed new light on the importance and influence of photographic books throughout the history of the medium.  This exhibition provides the opportunity to view vintage and early photographs, from a selection of the 20th century’s most significant photographers, alongside these artists’ seminal books.  A limited number of these first edition books signed by the photographer will be available for sale.