Lee Friedlander

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Double Elephant

2015
Other Artists:
Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Walker Evans, Garry Winogrand
Book contributor(s):

Burt Wolf

Edition:
1st in books format
Edition size:
Out of Print
Prior edition(s):
Signed by Friedlander on the booklet.
Four hardcover books with a booklet in a slipcase, 29.5 x 35.5 cm.
ISBN:
9783869307435
Condition: Fine

From 1973 to 1974, Lee Friedlander and Burt Wolf edited four iconic portfolios at the Double Elephant Press in New York, featuring photographs by some of the most influential photographers of the twentieth century: Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Walker Evans, Garry Winogrand, and Lee Friedlander himself. Each of the four limited edition portfolios contained fifteen photographs by each artist, representing their distinct visions that can be described in the words of Walker Evans as “oddly refreshing, unselfconsciously striking, and unpredictably adventurous.”

This publication from 2015 honored the unique collaborative project that was to become a touchstone in the history of photography.

Lee Friedlander

Icon for no cover picture available yetDouble Elephant

Double Elephant

2015
Edition:
1st in books format
Prior edition(s):
Four hardcover books with a booklet in a slipcase, 29.5 x 35.5 cm.
ISBN:
9783869307435
Condition: Fine
Out of Print
Signed by Friedlander on the booklet.
Picture(s) of signatures and/or recto
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From 1973 to 1974, Lee Friedlander and Burt Wolf edited four iconic portfolios at the Double Elephant Press in New York, featuring photographs by some of the most influential photographers of the twentieth century: Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Walker Evans, Garry Winogrand, and Lee Friedlander himself. Each of the four limited edition portfolios contained fifteen photographs by each artist, representing their distinct visions that can be described in the words of Walker Evans as “oddly refreshing, unselfconsciously striking, and unpredictably adventurous.”

This publication from 2015 honored the unique collaborative project that was to become a touchstone in the history of photography.