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NZ Library #2: Philip Melnick: LA Diary, Limited Edition (NZ Library - Set Two, Volume Three) [SIGNED]

Hardcover. Condición: New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: New. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing. Limited edition of 350 copies, signed by the artist on a label tipped in to the back cover, and numbered on the colophon page. Hardcover. Silk cloth-covered boards; with photographically illustrated dust jacket and silk cloth-covered slipcase. 48 pp., with 31 duotone plates. 15 x 12 inches. New in publisher's packaging. From the publisher: "Born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1935, Philip Melnick grew up in Los Angeles, where he attended the University of California. In the 1970s, shooting with a medium format camera, Melnick made black-and-white photographs of his surroundings, exploring the unique sense of style found in the Southern California urban landscape.Nineteen Seventies Californiaoffers a beautifully presented selection of Melnick's most striking work from this period, in which he displays a keen eye for the character of its vernacular architecture and the distinctive look of its streets: the quirky confluence of a single parked car with a street-facing wall and a fragmented apartment building; the intersection of street, fence and another non-descript apartment house. He isolates the intricate pattern of a wall, creating arresting fusions of everyday sights and geometric abstraction. 'Melnick's images emphasize a push-pull, hard-soft tension that give his pictures distinguished style and great beauty,' wrote the late Fred McDarrah, who was himself a photographer for The Village Voice, as well as a writer, during the years that this series was produced. Philip Melnick's work has been widely exhibited and written about; his photographs are included in the permanent collections of numerous important institutions, including The Museum of Modern Art, New York; The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; and Bibliothèque National, Paris." Signed by Author. Nº de ref. del artículo: 112277

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